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The pneumococcus resides in the human airway as a commensal, and occasionally causes pneumonia or septicaemia. The talk will highlight the recent discovery of a genetic switch that leads to epigenetic changes in gene expression, that might mediate the transition of this bacterium from harmless coloniser to deadly pathogen.
