Give me the Gram
S. pneumoniae's cell wall contains a THICK layer of peptidoglycan with teichoic acids attached; making it this gram reactivity.
What is gram positive(+)?
The disease most commonly caused by S. pneumoniae.(Hint: think of its name)
The introduction of this therapeutic strategy in 1977 dropped the disease rates of S. pneumoniae significantly (Hint: Not Antibiotics)
What is the pneumococcal vaccine?
S. pneumoniae uses Rgg and other small hydrophobic peptides(SHPs) to do this cell density dependent form of communication.
What is quorum sensing?
This pioneering woman in stem established the serogrouping system that classifies Streptococcus spp. based on their antigens present at their surface.