Capsule Contributes to Transmigration of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 7F Meningitis Isolates through Complex Blood Brain Barrier Models

Elena Fuchs^1#, Christopher Untucht^1,2#, Manfred Rohde³, Michael Steinert¹ and Simone Bergmann^1*

¹Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Microbiology, Spielmannstr. 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

²Institute of Infection Immunology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Feodor-Lynen-Str. 7, 30625 Hannover, Germany

³Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany

^#Contributed equally to this work