To Defend or Not To Defend: That’s the Question

ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen and is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections. E. faecalis harbors a number of antibiotic resistance genes, and most of these are present on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) that can be disseminated within the species, as well as...

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Main Authors: Sriram Varahan, Lynn E. Hancock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-06-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00127-16