Infections@BDI Seminar - Phages, pathogenicity and people
Professor Angela Brueggemann, NDPH
Monday, 03 February 2020, 12pm to 1pm
Seminar room 0, Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF
abstract
This talk will describe how my research group has investigated the prevalence, diversity and epidemiology of prophages and satellite prophages among streptococcal species. Our most recent findings that satellite prophages play a role in pneumococcal pathogenicity will also be discussed.