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The Enterococcus faecium Enterococcal Biofilm Regulator, EbrB, Regulates the esp Operon and Is Implicated in Biofilm Formation and Intestinal Colonization

Nowadays, Enterococcus faecium is one of the leading nosocomial pathogens worldwide. Strains causing clinical infections or hospital outbreaks are enriched in the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) encoding ICEEfm1 mobile genetic element. Previous studies showed that Esp is involved in biofilm forma...

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Autores principales: Top, Janetta, Paganelli, Fernanda L., Zhang, Xinglin, van Schaik, Willem, Leavis, Helen L., van Luit-Asbroek, Miranda, van der Poll, Tom, Leendertse, Masja, Bonten, Marc J. M., Willems, Rob J. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065224