Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Cephalic Recording Chambers in Research Macaques (Macaca spp.)

Nonhuman primates are commonly used for cognitive neuroscience research and often surgically implanted with cephalic recording chambers for electrophysiological recording. Aerobic bacterial cultures from 25 macaques identified 72 bacterial isolates, including 15 Enterococcus faecalis isolates. The E...

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Main Authors: Lebreton, Francois, Dzink-Fox, Joanne, Gilmore, Michael S., Woods, Stephanie, Lieberman, Mia, Trowel, Elise, de la Fuente Nunez, Cesar, Fox, James G
Other Authors: MIT Synthetic Biology Center
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109972
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-5198
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-6116