<italic toggle="yes">Enterococcus faecalis</italic> Sex Pheromone cCF10 Enhances Conjugative Plasmid Transfer <italic toggle="yes">In Vivo</italic>

<italic toggle="yes">Enterococcus faecalis</italic> Sex Pheromone cCF10 Enhances Conjugative Plasmid Transfer <italic toggle="yes">In Vivo</italic>

ABSTRACT Cell-cell communication mediated by peptide pheromones (cCF10 [CF]) is essential for high-frequency plasmid transfer in vitro in Enterococcus faecalis. To examine the role of pheromone signaling in vivo, we established either a CF-producing (CF+) recipient or a recipient producing a biologi...

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Main Authors: Helmut Hirt, Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance, Melissa J. Karau, Lisa M. Till, Purna C. Kashyap, Robin Patel, Gary M. Dunny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-03-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance transfer
cell-cell signaling
competitive fitness
gut microbiota
mobile genetic element
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00037-18

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00037-18

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