Intra- and interspecies genomic transfer of the Enterococcus faecalis pathogenicity island.

Enterococci are the third leading cause of hospital associated infections and have gained increased importance due to their fast adaptation to the clinical environment by acquisition of antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity traits. Enterococcus faecalis harbours a pathogenicity island (PAI) of 153...

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Main Authors: Jenny A Laverde Gomez, Antoni P A Hendrickx, Rob J Willems, Janetta Top, Irina Sava, Johannes Huebner, Wolfgang Witte, Guido Werner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084688?pdf=render