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Meeting Presentations

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  A Quorum Sensing-Regulated Protein Binds Cell Wall Components and Enhances Lysozyme Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes

  Artemis Gogos, Juan Cristobal Jimenez, Jennifer C. Chang, Reid V. Wilkening, Michael J. Federle
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  Promoter Boundaries for the luxCDABE and betIBA-proXWV Operons in Vibrio harveyi Defined by the Method Rapid Arbitrary PCR Insertion Libraries (RAIL)

  Christine M. Hustmyer, Chelsea A. Simpson, Stephen G. Olney, Douglas B. Rusch, Matthew L. Bochman, Julia C. van Kessel
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  Esx Paralogs Are Functionally Equivalent to ESX-1 Proteins but Are Dispensable for Virulence in Mycobacterium marinum

  Rachel E. Bosserman, Cristal Reyna Thompson, Kathleen R. Nicholson, Patricia A. Champion
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  Staphylococcus aureus Utilizes Host-Derived Lipoprotein Particles as Sources of Fatty Acids

  Phillip C. Delekta, John C. Shook, Todd A. Lydic, Martha H. Mulks, Neal D. Hammer
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  Functional Analyses of the RsmY and RsmZ Small Noncoding Regulatory RNAs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  Kayley H. Janssen, Manisha R. Diaz, Matthew Golden, Justin W. Graham, Wes Sanders, Matthew C. Wolfgang, Timothy L. Yahr
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  Depletion of Glucose Activates Catabolite Repression during Pneumonic Plague

  Jeremy T. Ritzert, Wyndham W. Lathem
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  The Opp (AmiACDEF) Oligopeptide Transporter Mediates Resistance of Serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 to Killing by Chemokine CXCL10 and Other Antimicrobial Peptides

  Kevin E. Bruce, Britta E. Rued, Ho-Ching Tiffany Tsui, Malcolm E. Winkler
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  Targeting the HUβ Protein Prevents Porphyromonas gingivalis from Entering into Preexisting Biofilms

  Christopher J. Rocco, Lauren O. Bakaletz, Steven D. Goodman