A great collaboration with Dr Dan Neill and his team at University of Dundee and scientists from UCL, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Uni of Bern, Uni of Liverpool, Uni of Cape Town, Uni of Western Australia, Uni of Bath, Milner centre for Evolution and @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

However, this promoter variant does not thrive on its own and is usually co-occurence of the wild-type promoter without "A", showing heterogeneous gene expression during single infections provides population benefits.

This tiny mutation—found not only mouse colonization models but also clinical isolates from the #GPS_project — enhance S. pneumoniae colonization reducing mucus trapping.

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