Enterococcus
Molecular Pathogenesis | SpotlightGenome-Wide Mutagenesis Identifies Factors Involved in Enterococcus faecalis Vaginal Adherence and PersistenceEnterococcus faecalis is a Gram-positive commensal bacterium native to the gastrointestinal tract and an opportunistic pathogen of increasing clinical concern. E. faecalis also colonizes the female reproductive tract, and reports suggest vaginal colonization increases following antibiotic treatment...
Host Response and InflammationEnterococcus faecalis Gluconate Phosphotransferase System Accelerates Experimental Colitis and Bacterial Killing by MacrophagesEnterococcus faecalis strains are resident intestinal bacteria associated with invasive infections, inflammatory bowel diseases, and colon cancer. Although factors promoting E. faecalis colonization of intestines are not fully known, one implicated pathway is a phosphotransferase system (PTS) in...
Host-Associated Microbial Communities | SpotlightBacteriophage Resistance Alters Antibiotic-Mediated Intestinal Expansion of EnterococciEnterococcus faecalis is a human intestinal pathobiont with intrinsic and acquired resistance to many antibiotics, including vancomycin. Nature provides a diverse and virtually untapped repertoire of bacterial viruses, or bacteriophages (phages), that could be harnessed to combat multidrug-resistant enterococcal infections.
Host-Associated Microbial Communities | SpotlightSortase-Dependent Proteins Promote Gastrointestinal Colonization by EnterococciThe human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is inhabited by a dense microbial community of symbionts. Enterococci are among the earliest members of this community and remain core members of the GIT microbiota throughout life.
Host-Associated Microbial CommunitiesCeftriaxone Administration Disrupts Intestinal Homeostasis, Mediating Noninflammatory Proliferation and Dissemination of Commensal EnterococciEnterococci are Gram-positive commensals of the mammalian intestinal tract and harbor intrinsic resistance to broad-spectrum cephalosporins. Disruption of colonization resistance in humans by antibiotics allows enterococci to proliferate in the gut and cause disseminated infections.
- Microbial Immunity and VaccinesEvidence of Immunostimulating Lipoprotein Existing in the Natural Lipoteichoic Acid Fraction