Publications


Thesis’s:

1) Hans Lindmark (1999) ”Characterization of adhesive extracellular proteins from Streptococcus equi”. Doctoral thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. ISSN 1401-6249. ISBN 91-576-5488-3.

2) Margareta Flock (2005) “Development of a vaccine against strangles”. Karolinska Institutet. ISBN 91-7140-500-3.

3) Åsa Karlström (2005) “Collage-like proteins in horse pathogenic Streptococcus equi”. Doctoral thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. ISSN 1652-6880. ISBN 91-576-6998-8.

4) Jonas Lannergård (2006) “Potentially virulence-related extracellular proteins of Streptococcus equi”. Doctoral thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. ISSN 1652-6880. ISBN 91-576-7129-X.
 
Patents and patent applications:

5) Immunization of non-human mammals against Streptococcus equi. WO 2004/032957 A1.

6) Improved immunizing composition. PCT/SE2008/051445
 
Referee- evaluated articles in international scientific journals:

7) Jonsson, H., Lindmark, H. and Guss. B. (1995) A protein G related cell surface protein in Streptococcus zooepidemicus. Infect Immun 63: 2968-2975.

8) Lindmark, H., Jacobsson, K., Frykberg, L. and Guss, B. (1996) Fibronectin-binding protein of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus. Infect Immun 64: 3993-3999.

9) Jacobsson, K., Jonsson, H., Lindmark, H., Guss, B., Lindberg, M. and Frykberg. L. (1997) Shot-gun phage display mapping of two streptococcal cell-surface proteins. Microbiol Res.152:1-8.

10) Lindmark, H., Jonsson, P., Olsson-Engvall, E. and Guss, B. (1999) Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and distribution of the genes zag and fnz in isolates of Streptococcus equi. Res Vet Sci. 66:93-99.

11) Lindmark, H. and Guss, B. (1999) SFS, a novel fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus equi, inhibits the binding between fibronectin and collagen. Infect. Immun. 67: 2383-2388.

12) Lindmark, H., Nilsson, M. and Guss, B. (2001) Comparison of the fibronectin-binding protein FNE from Streptococcus equi subspecies equi with FNZ from S. equi subspecies zooepidemicus reveals a major and conserved difference. Infect Immun. 69: 3159-3163.
13) Lannergård, J., Frykberg, L. and Guss, B. (2003) CNE, a collagen-binding protein of Streptococcus equi. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 222:69-74.

14) Flock, M., Jacobsson, K., Hirst, T., R., Franklin, A., Guss, B., and Flock, J.-I. (2004) Recombinant Streptococcus equi proteins protect mice in challenge experiments and induce immune response in horses. Infect Immun. 72:3228-3236.

15) Karlström, Å., Jacobsson, K., Flock, M., Flock,J.-I., and Guss B. (2004) Identification of a novel collagen-like protein, SclC, in Streptococcus equi using signal phage display. Vet Microbiol 104:179-188.

16) Lannergård, J., Flock, M., Johansson, S., Flock, J.-I., and Guss, B. (2005) Studies of fibronectin-binding proteins in Streptococcus equi. Infect Immun 73:7243-7251.

17) Karlström, Å., Jacobsson, K. and Guss, B. (2006) SclC is a member of a novel family of collagen-like proteins in Streptococcus equi subspecies equi that are recognized by antibodies against SclC. Vet  Microbiol 114:72-8.

18) Lannergård, J. and Guss, B. (2006) IdeE, an IgG-endopeptidase of Streptococcus equi ssp equi. FEMS Microbiol Lett 262:230-235.

19) Lannergård, J. and Guss, B (2006) FNE belongs to a novel family of fibronectin-binding and collagen-binding proteins of Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (manuscript in Jonas Lannergårds doctoral thesis, SLU ISBN 91-576-7129-X).

20) Flock, M., Karlström, Å., Lannergård, J., Guss, B. and Flock, J.-I. (2006) Protective effect of vaccination with recombinant proteins from Streptococcus equi subspecies equi in a strangles model in the mouse. Vaccine 24:4144-4151.

21) Lidén, Å., Karlström, Å., Lannergård, J., Kalamajski, S., Guss, B., Rubin, K. and Rydén, C. (2006) A fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus equi binds collagen and modulates cell-mediated collagen gel contraction. Biochem Biophys Res Com 340:604-610.

22) Waller, A., Flock, M., Smith, K., Robinson, C., Mitchell, Z., Karlström, A., Lannergård, J., Bergman, R., Guss, B. and Flock JI.(2007) Vaccination of horses against strangles using recombinant antigens from Streptococcus equi. Vaccine.25:3629-3635.

23) Lidén., A., van Wieringen, T., Lannergård, J., Kassner, A., Heinegård, D., Reed, R.K., Guss, B. and Rubin, K. (2008) A secreted collagen- and fibronectin-binding streptococcal protein modulates cell-mediated collagen gel contraction and interstitial fluid pressure. J Biol Chem 283:1234-1242.

24) Hulting, G., Flock, M., Frykberg, L., Lannergård, J., Flock, J.-I. and Guss, B. (2009) Two novel IgG endopeptidases of Streptococcus equi. FEMS Microbiol Lett 298: 44-50.

25) Guss, B., Flock,M., Frykberg, L., Waller, A.S., Robinson, C., Smith, K.C. and Flock, J.-I. (2009) Getting to grips with strangles: an effective multi-component recombinant vaccine for the protection of horses from Streptococcus equi infection. PLoS Pathogen.


Popular science (Swedish):

26) Guss, B. (2008) Molekylärbiologi vapen mot kvarka. Miljöforskning 1(feb):21-22. ISSN 1650-4925.

 

 

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