MicrobiologybioRxiv
BlpC-mediated selfish program leads to rapid loss of Streptococcus pneumoniae clonal diversity during infection
S. D. Aggarwal, J. A. Lees, N. T. Jacobs…·J. N. Weiser
The paper shows that BlpC-mediated intra-strain competition reduces clonal diversity in Streptococcus pneumoniae during infection and transmission.