Biofilm-associated infection by enterococci

In vitro synergism and anti-biofilm activity of ampicillin, gentamicin, ceftaroline and ceftriaxone against Enterococcus faecalis

(2018) Lara Thieme et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Novel Endodontic Disinfection Approach Using Catalytic Nanoparticles

(2018) Sarah Bukhari et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS

Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance of Enterococci Isolated from Healthy Breastfed Infants

(2018) José M. Landete et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Review of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms and Perspectives of Human and Animal Health

(2018) Mohamed O. Ahmed et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Graphene onto medical grade titanium: an atom-thick multimodal coating that promotes osteoblast maturation and inhibits biofilm formation from distinct species

(2018) Nileshkumar Dubey et al.   Nanotoxicology

Enterococcus faecalis Sex Pheromone cCF10 Enhances Conjugative Plasmid Transfer In Vivo

(2018) Helmut Hirt et al.   mBio

Severity of drug resistance and co-existence of Enterococcus faecalis in diabetic foot ulcer infections

(2017) Kavitha Shettigar et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

Formation of multi-species biofilms by Enterococcus faecium , Enterococcus faecalis , and Bacillus cereus isolated from ricotta processing and effectiveness of chemical sanitation procedures

(2017) Meg da Silva Fernandes et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL

Molecular Mechanism of Quorum-Sensing in Enterococcus faecalis: Its Role in Virulence and Therapeutic Approaches

(2017) Liaqat Ali et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Transcriptomics Analysis Reveals Putative Genes Involved in Biofilm Formation and Biofilm-associated Drug Resistance of Enterococcus faecalis

(2017) Chaminda J. Seneviratne et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS

Enterococcus faecalis Modulates Immune Activation and Slows Healing During Wound Infection

(2017) Kelvin Kian Long Chong et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Biofilm behavior on sulfonated poly(ether-ether-ketone) (sPEEK)

(2017) Juan F.D. Montero et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Enterococcus faecalisbacteriocin EntV inhibits hyphal morphogenesis, biofilm formation, and virulence ofCandida albicans

(2017) Carrie E. Graham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporal dynamics of relative abundances and bacterial succession in chronic wound communities

(2017) Craig D. Tipton et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

RelA Mutant Enterococcus faecium with Multiantibiotic Tolerance Arising in an Immunocompromised Host

(2017) Erin S. Honsa et al.   mBio

Biofilm formation in enterococci: genotype-phenotype correlations and inhibition by vancomycin

(2017) Yomna A. Hashem et al.   Scientific Reports

Variable Persister Gene Interactions with (p)ppGpp for Persister Formation in Escherichia coli

(2017) Shuang Liu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Behavior of Staphylococcus aureus Dual-Species Biofilms Treated with Bacteriophage phiIPLA-RODI Depends on the Accompanying Microorganism

(2016) Silvia González et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Role of interspecies interactions in dual-species biofilms developedin vitroby uropathogens isolated from polymicrobial urinary catheter-associated bacteriuria

(2016) E. M. Galván et al.   BIOFOULING

Enterococcal Metabolite Cues Facilitate Interspecies Niche Modulation and Polymicrobial Infection

(2016) Damien Keogh et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Enterococcus faecalis : E. coli ’s Siderophore-Inducing Sidekick

(2016) Elizabeth R. Hughes et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Mature biofilms of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are highly resistant to antibiotics

(2016) Anna Holmberg et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Effect of the quorum-sensingluxSgene on biofilm formation byEnterococcus faecalis

(2016) Zhiyan He et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORAL SCIENCES

Role of the Emp Pilus Subunits of Enterococcus faecium in Biofilm Formation, Adherence to Host Extracellular Matrix Components, and Experimental Infection

(2016) Maria Camila Montealegre et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Low Level of Resistance in Enterococci Isolated in Four Hospitals, Marseille, France

(2016) Cédric Abat et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

The effect of berberine hydrochloride on Enterococcus faecalis biofilm formation and dispersion in vitro

(2016) Lihua Chen et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Enterococcus faecalis Ebp pili are important for cell-cell aggregation and intraspecies gene transfer

(2016) Sabina Leanti La Rosa et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Enterococcus faecalis readily colonizes the entire gastrointestinal tract and forms biofilms in a germ-free mouse model

(2016) Aaron M. T. Barnes et al.   Virulence

Eradication of Enterococcus faecalis Biofilms on Human Dentin

(2016) Eyal Rosen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Enterococcus Species in the Oral Cavity: Prevalence, Virulence Factors and Antimicrobial Susceptibility

(2016) Edson Yukio Komiyama et al.   PLoS One

Multiple Roles for Enterococcus faecalis Glycosyltransferases in Biofilm-Associated Antibiotic Resistance, Cell Envelope Integrity, and Conjugative Transfer

(2015) Jennifer L. Dale et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Targeting Enterococcus faecalis Biofilms with Phage Therapy

(2015) Leron Khalifa et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microfluidic wound model for studying the behaviors ofPseudomonas aeruginosain polymicrobial biofilms

(2015) Evan Wright et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Multifaceted roles of extracellular DNA in bacterial physiology

(2015) Dina Vorkapic et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Polymicrobial biofilms by diabetic foot clinical isolates

(2015) Carla Mottola et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

Analysis of the chronic wound microbiota of 2,963 patients by 16S rDNA pyrosequencing

(2015) Randall D. Wolcott et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

The Natural Surfactant Glycerol Monolaurate Significantly Reduces Development ofStaphylococcus aureusandEnterococcus faecalisBiofilms

(2015) Donavon J. Hess et al.   Surgical Infections

Phage-mediated Dispersal of Biofilm and Distribution of Bacterial Virulence Genes Is Induced by Quorum Sensing

(2015) Friederike S. Rossmann et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Interaction between atypical microorganisms andE. coliin catheter-associated urinary tract biofilms

(2014) Andreia S. Azevedo et al.   BIOFOULING

Molecular detection of virulence factors among food and clinical Enterococcus faecalis strains in South Brazil

(2014) A.W. Medeiros et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Bacterial Persisters

(2014) Etienne Maisonneuve et al.   CELL

Molecular mechanisms involved inBacillus subtilisbiofilm formation

(2014) Benjamin Mielich-Süss et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Influence of isolate origin and presence of various genes on biofilm formation byEnterococcus faecium

(2014) Sam Almohamad et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Targeting Pili in Enterococcal Pathogenesis

(2014) Kenneth L. Pinkston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Antibiotic regimens with rifampicin for treatment of Enterococcus faecium in biofilms

(2014) Anna Holmberg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Screening of Bacteriocin-producing Enterococcus faecalis Strains for Antagonistic Activities against Clostridium perfringens

(2014) Sun-Kyung Han et al.   Korean Journal for Food Science of Animal Resources

A Temporal Examination of the Planktonic and Biofilm Proteome of Whole CellPseudomonas aeruginosaPAO1 Using Quantitative Mass Spectrometry

(2014) Amber J. Park et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

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

(2014) Minny Bhatty et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

EbpA vaccine antibodies block binding of Enterococcus faecalis to fibrinogen to prevent catheter-associated bladder infection in mice

(2014) A. L. Flores-Mireles et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Correlation between biofilm formation andgelE,esp, andagggenes inEnterococcusspp. clinical isolates

(2014) Renata O Soares et al.   Virulence

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

(2014) Kavindra V. Singh et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Staphylococcus aureus biofilms: recent developments in biofilm dispersal

(2014) Jessica L. Lister et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Glyphosate suppresses the antagonistic effect of Enterococcus spp. on Clostridium botulinum

(2013) Monika Krüger et al.   ANAEROBE

Enteric gram-negative bacilli suppressCandidabiofilms on Foley urinary catheters

(2013) Y. H. Samaranayake et al.   APMIS

Antibacterial Bioagents Based on Principles of Bacteriophage Biology: An Overview

(2013) B. M. Knoll et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

AhrC and Eep Are Biofilm Infection-Associated Virulence Factors in Enterococcus faecalis

(2013) Kristi L. Frank et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Incidence of virulence factors in enterococci from raw and fermented meat and biofilm forming capacity at 25°C and 37°C

(2013) Musarrat Jahan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Eep Confers Lysozyme Resistance to Enterococcus faecalis via the Activation of the Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor SigV

(2013) S. Varahan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Pilin and Sortase Residues Critical for Endocarditis- and Biofilm-Associated Pilus Biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis

(2013) H. V. Nielsen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sticking together: building a biofilm the Bacillus subtilis way

(2013) Hera Vlamakis et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Self-organization of bacterial biofilms is facilitated by extracellular DNA

(2013) E. S. Gloag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enterococcus faecium Biofilm Formation: Identification of Major Autolysin AtlAEfm, Associated Acm Surface Localization, and AtlAEfm-Independent Extracellular DNA Release

(2013) F. L. Paganelli et al.   mBio

The Extracellular Matrix Component Psl Provides Fast-Acting Antibiotic Defense in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

(2013) Nicole Billings et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Enterococcusin wound infections: Virulence and antimicrobial resistance

(2012) Ewa Dworniczek et al.   ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA ET IMMUNOLOGICA HUNGARICA

Relationship between Enterococcal Levels and Sediment Biofilms at Recreational Beaches in South Florida

(2012) Alan M. Piggot et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Spx Regulator Modulates Stress Responses and Virulence in Enterococcus faecalis

(2012) Jessica K. Kajfasz et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Enterococcus faecalis Inhibits Hyphal Morphogenesis and Virulence of Candida albicans

(2012) Melissa R. Cruz et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Twenty-five years of shared life with vancomycin-resistant enterococci: is it time to divorce?

(2012) V. Cattoir et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

LuxS-Dependent AI-2 Regulates Versatile Functions in Enterococcus faecalis V583

(2012) Changlin Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

The rise of the Enterococcus: beyond vancomycin resistance

(2012) Cesar A. Arias et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Sensing the messenger: The diverse ways that bacteria signal through c-di-GMP

(2012) Petya Violinova Krasteva et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Quorum Sensing and Bacterial Social Interactions in Biofilms

(2012) Yung-Hua Li et al.   SENSORS

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

The Metal Ion-Dependent Adhesion Site Motif of the Enterococcus faecalis EbpA Pilin Mediates Pilus Function in Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

(2012) H. V. Nielsen et al.   mBio

AsrR Is an Oxidative Stress Sensing Regulator Modulating Enterococcus faecium Opportunistic Traits, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Pathogenicity

(2012) François Lebreton et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Resistance of bacterial biofilms to disinfectants: a review

(2011) A. Bridier et al.   BIOFOULING

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

Conservation of Ebp-Type Pilus Genes among Enterococci and Demonstration of Their Role in Adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to Human Platelets

(2011) Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Relative Contributions of Ebp Pili and the Collagen Adhesin Ace to Host Extracellular Matrix Protein Adherence and Experimental Urinary Tract Infection by Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF

(2011) Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Effectiveness of ciprofloxacin or linezolid in combination with rifampicin against Enterococcus faecalis in biofilms

(2011) A. Holmberg et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

The Fsr Quorum-Sensing System of Enterococcus faecalisModulates Surface Display of the Collagen-Binding MSCRAMM Ace through Regulation of gelE

(2011) K. L. Pinkston et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Biofilm growth alters regulation of conjugation by a bacterial pheromone

(2011) Laura Cook et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

An In Vivo Polymicrobial Biofilm Wound Infection Model to Study Interspecies Interactions

(2011) Trevor Dalton et al.   PLoS One

vanM, a New Glycopeptide Resistance Gene Cluster Found in Enterococcus faecium

(2010) X. Xu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Bicarbonate enhances expression of the endocarditis and biofilm associated pilus locus, ebpR-ebpABC, in Enterococcus faecalis

(2010) Agathe Bourgogne et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Pathogenesis and immunity in enterococcal infections

(2010) I.G. Sava et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Microbial diversity in biofilm infections of the urinary tract with the use of sonication techniques: Table 1

(2010) Veronika Holá et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Gelatinase Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Endocarditis Caused by Enterococcus faecalis

(2010) L. R. Thurlow et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Host range of enterococcal vanA plasmids among Gram-positive intestinal bacteria

(2010) Guido Werner et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus domination of intestinal microbiota is enabled by antibiotic treatment in mice and precedes bloodstream invasion in humans

(2010) Carles Ubeda et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Bacterial Flagellin Stimulates Toll‐Like Receptor 5–Dependent Defense against Vancomycin‐ResistantEnterococcusInfection

(2010) Melissa A. Kinnebrew et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Characterization of theebpfmpilus-encoding operon ofEnterococcus faeciumand its role in biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of urinary tract infection

(2010) Jouko Sillanpää et al.   Virulence

Enterococcal surface protein Esp is not essential for cell adhesion and intestinal colonization of Enterococcus faecium in mice

(2009) Esther Heikens et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Contribution of Autolysin and Sortase A during Enterococcus faecalis DNA-Dependent Biofilm Development

(2009) P. S. Guiton et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

ace, Which Encodes an Adhesin in Enterococcus faecalis, Is Regulated by Ers and Is Involved in Virulence

(2009) F. Lebreton et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

SgrA, a Nidogen-Binding LPXTG Surface Adhesin Implicated in Biofilm Formation, and EcbA, a Collagen Binding MSCRAMM, Are Two Novel Adhesins of Hospital-Acquired Enterococcus faecium

(2009) A. P. A. Hendrickx et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Glycolipids are involved in biofilm accumulation and prolonged bacteraemia inEnterococcus faecalis

(2009) Christian Theilacker et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A fratricidal mechanism is responsible for eDNA release and contributes to biofilm development ofEnterococcus faecalis

(2009) Vinai Chittezham Thomas et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The developmental model of microbial biofilms: ten years of a paradigm up for review

(2009) Russell D. Monds et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Development and Use of an Efficient System for Random mariner Transposon Mutagenesis To Identify Novel Genetic Determinants of Biofilm Formation in the Core Enterococcus faecalis Genome

(2008) C. J. Kristich et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Acquired vancomycin resistance in clinically relevant pathogens

(2008) Guido Werner et al.   Future Microbiology

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci on the Gowns and Gloves of Healthcare Workers

(2008) Graham M. Snyder et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

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

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

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

(2008) J. Sillanpaa et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM