Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae OM001 operon in capsular polysaccharide production, virulence and survival in human saliva

Zuleeza Ahmad; Richard M. Harvey; James C. Paton; Alistair J. Standish; Renato Morona

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190402

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Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae OM001 operon in capsular polysaccharide production, virulence and survival in human saliva

Zuleeza Ahmad,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6346-2793

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Richard M. Harvey,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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James C. Paton,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Alistair J. Standish ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: alistair.standish@adelaide.edu.au

¶‡ AJS and RM are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Renato Morona

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ AJS and RM are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae OM001 operon in capsular polysaccharide production, virulence and survival in human saliva

Zuleeza Ahmad,
Richard M. Harvey,
James C. Paton,
Alistair J. Standish,
Renato Morona

Published: January 2, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190402

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