Enterococcus faecalis pCF10-encoded surface proteins PrgA, PrgB (aggregation substance) and PrgC contribute to plasmid transfer, biofilm formation and virulence

Influence of Calcium in Extracellular DNA Mediated Bacterial Aggregation and Biofilm Formation

(2014) Theerthankar Das et al.   PLoS One

The biofilm matrix destabilizers, EDTA and DNaseI, enhance the susceptibility of nontypeableHemophilus influenzaebiofilms to treatment with ampicillin and ciprofloxacin

(2014) Rosalia Cavaliere et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Enterococcal Sex Pheromones: Signaling, Social Behavior, and Evolution

(2013) Gary M. Dunny   Annual Review of Genetics

Effects of Biofilm Growth on Plasmid Copy Number and Expression of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Enterococcus faecalis

(2013) L. C. Cook et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antagonistic self-sensing and mate-sensing signaling controls antibiotic-resistance transfer

(2013) A. Chatterjee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The expanding bacterial type IV secretion lexicon

(2013) Minny Bhatty et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Enterococcus faecalis PrgJ, a VirB4-Like ATPase, Mediates pCF10 Conjugative Transfer through Substrate Binding

(2012) F. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Functional amyloid formation by Streptococcus mutans

(2012) M. W. Oli et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Enterococcus faecalis Produces Abundant Extracellular Structures Containing DNA in the Absence of Cell Lysis during Early Biofilm Formation

(2012) A. M. T. Barnes et al.   mBio

Natural Competence Is a Major Mechanism for Horizontal DNA Transfer in the Oral Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis

(2012) G. D. Tribble et al.   mBio

Use of Recombinase-BasedIn VivoExpression Technology To Characterize Enterococcus faecalis Gene Expression during Infection IdentifiesIn Vivo-Expressed Antisense RNAs and Implicates the Protease Eep in Pathogenesis

(2011) Kristi L. Frank et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Biofilm growth alters regulation of conjugation by a bacterial pheromone

(2011) Laura Cook et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis Severity in Rabbits Is Reduced by IgG Fabs Interfering with Aggregation Substance

(2010) Patrick M. Schlievert et al.   PLoS One

Acceleration of Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm Formation by Aggregation Substance Expression in an Ex Vivo Model of Cardiac Valve Colonization

(2010) Olivia N. Chuang-Smith et al.   PLoS One

Mechanism of chromosomal transfer of Enterococcus faecalis pathogenicity island, capsule, antimicrobial resistance, and other traits

(2010) J. M. Manson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Importance of the Collagen Adhesin Ace in Pathogenesis and Protection against Enterococcus faecalis Experimental Endocarditis

(2010) Kavindra V. Singh et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Biological Diversity of Prokaryotic Type IV Secretion Systems

(2009) C. E. Alvarez-Martinez et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Role of Translational Coupling in Robustness of Bacterial Chemotaxis Pathway

(2009) Linda Løvdok et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Role of DNA in Bacterial Aggregation

(2008) Hui-Hui Liu et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Multiple Functional Domains of Enterococcus faecalis Aggregation Substance Asc10 Contribute to Endocarditis Virulence

(2008) O. N. Chuang et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Enterococcus faecalis PcfC, a Spatially Localized Substrate Receptor for Type IV Secretion of the pCF10 Transfer Intermediate

(2008) Y. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Regulation of Autolysis-Dependent Extracellular DNA Release by Enterococcus faecalis Extracellular Proteases Influences Biofilm Development

(2008) V. C. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY