MODULATING PRODUCTION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE.

摘要

The invention relates to methods of modulating capsular polysaccharide production in pneumococci such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. The invention further relates to methods of alleviating pneumococcal infections in animals, and to methods of identifying both agents capable of modulating pneumococcal infections in animals. Figure (1) comprising figures 1Ai 1Avi and 1Bi 1Bvi is a series of images indicating the effect of environmental oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration on colony morphology and capsule size, as assessed using the Quellung reaction.