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Investigating the mobilome in clinically important lineages of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis

BACKGROUND: The success of Enterococcus faecium and E. faecalis evolving as multi-resistant nosocomial pathogens is associated with their ability to acquire and share adaptive traits, including antimicrobial resistance genes encoded by mobile genetic elements (MGEs). Here, we investigate this mobilo...

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Autores principales: Mikalsen, Theresa, Pedersen, Torunn, Willems, Rob, Coque, Teresa M, Werner, Guido, Sadowy, Ewa, van Schaik, Willem, Jensen, Lars Bogø, Sundsfjord, Arnfinn, Hegstad, Kristin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1407-6