Publications
Clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium exhibit strain-specific collagen binding mediated by Acm, a new member of the MSCRAMM family. Mol Microbiol. 2003 ;47(6):1733-47.
. A collagen-binding adhesin, Acb, and ten other putative MSCRAMM and pilus family proteins of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis Group, biotype I). J Bacteriol. 2009 ;191(21):6643-53.
. Complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecium strain TX16 and comparative genomic analysis of Enterococcus faecium genomes. BMC Microbiol. 2012 ;12:135.
. Diversity of the fsr-gelE region of the Enterococcus faecalis genome but conservation in strains with partial deletions of the fsr operon. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 ;77(2):442-51.
. The Enterococcus faecalis fsrB gene, a key component of the fsr quorum-sensing system, is associated with virulence in the rabbit endophthalmitis model. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(8):4678-81.
. An Enterococcus faecium secreted antigen, SagA, exhibits broad-spectrum binding to extracellular matrix proteins and appears essential for E. faecium growth. Infect Immun. 2003 ;71(9):5033-41.
. The fms21 (pilA)-fms20 locus encoding one of four distinct pili of Enterococcus faecium is harboured on a large transferable plasmid associated with gut colonization and virulence. J Med Microbiol. 2010 ;59(Pt 4):505-507.
. Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci. N Engl J Med. 2011 ;365(10):892-900.
. Genomic and SNP analyses demonstrate a distant separation of the hospital and community-associated clades of Enterococcus faecium. PLoS One. 2012 ;7(1):e30187.
. Identification and phenotypic characterization of a second collagen adhesin, Scm, and genome-based identification and analysis of 13 other predicted MSCRAMMs, including four distinct pilus loci, in Enterococcus faecium. Microbiology (Reading). 2008 ;154(Pt 10):3199-3211.
. Large scale variation in Enterococcus faecalis illustrated by the genome analysis of strain OG1RF. Genome Biol. 2008 ;9(7):R110.
. Molecular characterization of a widespread, pathogenic, and antibiotic resistance-receptive Enterococcus faecalis lineage and dissemination of its putative pathogenicity island. J Bacteriol. 2005 ;187(16):5709-18.
. Translocation of Enterococcus faecalis strains across a monolayer of polarized human enterocyte-like T84 cells. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 ;42(3):1149-54.
. Virulence effect of Enterococcus faecalis protease genes and the quorum-sensing locus fsr in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(10):5647-50.
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