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  • Writer: Joshua J Woodward
    Joshua J Woodward
  • Jul 16, 2016
  • 1 min read

Type I IFN production is an important host defense mechanism against Gram-positive Streptococci. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Andrade et al. (2016) report that Group B Streptococcus limits type I IFN by expressing a surface phosphodiesterase that degrades extracellular bacterial cyclic dinucleotides, thereby promoting virulence.


 
 
 

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