The Enterococcus: a Model of Adaptability to Its Environment

Evolution of virulence in Enterococcus faecium , a hospital-adapted opportunistic pathogen

(2018) Wei Gao et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic characterization of a VanG-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolate

(2018) Mohamed Sassi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Association of daptomycin dosing regimen and mortality in patients with VRE bacteraemia: a review

(2018) Farnaz Foolad et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Clinical management of non- faecium non- faecalis vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection. Focus on Enterococcus gallinarum and  Enterococcus casseliflavus/flavescens

(2018) Jacopo Monticelli et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The cfr and cfr-like multiple resistance genes

(2018) Birte Vester   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Translocation of a gut pathobiont drives autoimmunity in mice and humans

(2018) S. Manfredo Vieira et al.   SCIENCE

Structural and Regulatory Changes in PBP4 Trigger Decreased β-Lactam Susceptibility in Enterococcus faecalis

(2018) Louis B. Rice et al.   mBio

Partial Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Endocarditis

(2018) Kasper Iversen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Time to review the gold standard for genotyping vancomycin-resistant enterococci in epidemiology: Comparing whole-genome sequencing with PFGE and MLST in three suspected outbreaks in Sweden during 2013–2015

(2017) Birgitta Lytsy et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Ecological impact of ciprofloxacin on commensal enterococci in healthy volunteers

(2017) Victoire de Lastours et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Enterococcus faecalis Uses a Phosphotransferase System Permease and a Host Colonization-Related ABC Transporter for Maltodextrin Uptake

(2017) Nicolas Sauvageot et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Faster and economical screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci by sequential use of chromogenic agar and real-time polymerase chain reaction

(2017) Thean Yen Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION

Comparative genomic analysis of the genus Enterococcus

(2017) Zhi Zhong et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens

(2017) Jean-Jacques Hublin et al.   NATURE

Phosphotransferase systems in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF enhance anti-stress capacity in vitro and in vivo

(2017) Zhen Peng et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Antimicrobial susceptibility among Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms collected from the Latin American region between 2004 and 2015 as part of the Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial

(2017) Silvio Vega et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Homologous Recombination within Large Chromosomal Regions Facilitates Acquisition of β-Lactam and Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus faecium

(2016) Mónica García-Solache et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Daptomycin versus linezolid for the treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia: implications of daptomycin dose

(2016) Y.-C. Chuang et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

A decade of genomic history for healthcare-associatedEnterococcus faeciumin the United Kingdom and Ireland

(2016) Kathy E. Raven et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated With Healthcare-Associated Infections: Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011–2014

(2016) Lindsey M. Weiner et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Genome-wide Screening Identifies Phosphotransferase System Permease BepA to Be Involved inEnterococcus faeciumEndocarditis and Biofilm Formation

(2016) Fernanda L. Paganelli et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Involvement of the Eukaryote-Like Kinase-Phosphatase System and a Protein That Interacts with Penicillin-Binding Protein 5 in Emergence of Cephalosporin Resistance in Cephalosporin-Sensitive Class A Penicillin-Binding Protein Mutants in Enterococcus faecium

(2016) Charlene Desbonnet et al.   mBio

Mechanism of Action and Resistance to Daptomycin in Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci

(2016) William R. Miller et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Phylogenomic analysis supports the ancestral presence of LPS-outer membranes in the Firmicutes

(2016) Luisa CS Antunes et al.   eLife

Co-diversification of Enterococcus faecium Core Genomes and PBP5: Evidences of pbp5 Horizontal Transfer

(2016) Carla Novais et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Enterocyte-Associated Microbiome of the Hadza Hunter-Gatherers

(2016) Silvia Turroni et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Global Emergence and Dissemination of Enterococci as Nosocomial Pathogens: Attack of the Clones?

(2016) Ana M. Guzman Prieto et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Genome-based characterization of hospital-adapted Enterococcus faecalis lineages

(2016) Kathy E. Raven et al.   Nature Microbiology

CRISPR-Cas and Restriction-Modification Act Additively against Conjugative Antibiotic Resistance Plasmid Transfer in Enterococcus faecalis

(2016) Valerie J. Price et al.   mSphere

Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs): What They Do and How They Work

(2015) Christopher M. Johnson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Clinical evaluation of commercial nucleic acid amplification tests in patients with suspected sepsis

(2015) Lars Ljungström et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications

(2015) Larry M. Baddour et al.   CIRCULATION

A novel gene,optrA, that confers transferable resistance to oxazolidinones and phenicols and its presence inEnterococcus faecalisandEnterococcus faeciumof human and animal origin

(2015) Yang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Tigecycline resistance in clinical isolates ofEnterococcus faeciumis mediated by an upregulation of plasmid-encoded tetracycline determinantstet(L) andtet(M)

(2015) S. Fiedler et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for High-Resolution Typing of Enterococcus faecium

(2015) Mark de Been et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Gut Microbiota of Rural Papua New Guineans: Composition, Diversity Patterns, and Ecological Processes

(2015) Inés Martínez et al.   Cell Reports

Competition between VanUG Repressor and VanRG Activator Leads to Rheostatic Control of vanG Vancomycin Resistance Operon Expression

(2015) Florence Depardieu et al.   PLoS Genetics

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry: an emerging technology for microbial identification and diagnosis

(2015) Neelja Singhal et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Evolution of Animal Domestication

(2014) Greger Larson et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Changes in the treatment of Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis in Spain in the last 15 years: from ampicillin plus gentamicin to ampicillin plus ceftriaxone

(2014) J.M. Pericas et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Towards an integrated model of bacterial conjugation

(2014) Elena Cabezón et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Differentiation of vanA-positive Enterococcus faecium from vanA-negative E. faecium by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry

(2014) Satoshi Nakano et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Evaluating the roles of directed breeding and gene flow in animal domestication

(2014) F. B. Marshall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance and Distribution of Aminoglycoside Resistant Genes among Clinical Isolates ofEnterococcusSpecies in Chennai, India

(2014) Elango Padmasini et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

vanG Element Insertions within a Conserved Chromosomal Site Conferring Vancomycin Resistance to Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus anginosus

(2014) V. Srinivasan et al.   mBio

Enterococcal Sex Pheromones: Signaling, Social Behavior, and Evolution

(2013) Gary M. Dunny   Annual Review of Genetics

Nonclinical and Clinical Enterococcus faecium Strains, but Not Enterococcus faecalis Strains, Have Distinct Structural and Functional Genomic Features

(2013) Eun Bae Kim et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative analysis of the complete genome of an epidemic hospital sequence type 203 clone of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

(2013) Margaret MC Lam et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Ampicillin Plus Ceftriaxone Is as Effective as Ampicillin Plus Gentamicin for TreatingEnterococcus faecalisInfective Endocarditis

(2013) Nuria Fernández-Hidalgo et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Rapid detection of Enterococcus spp. direct from blood culture bottles using Enterococcus QuickFISH Method: a multicenter investigation

(2013) Melissa K. Deck et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Characterization of different food-isolatedEnterococcusstrains by MALDI-TOF mass fingerprinting

(2013) Marcos Quintela-Baluja et al.   ELECTROPHORESIS

Antibiotic resistant enterococci—Tales of a drug resistance gene trafficker

(2013) Guido Werner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

LPSN—list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature

(2013) Aidan C. Parte   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Microevolutionary Events Involving Narrow Host Plasmids Influences Local Fixation of Vancomycin-Resistance in Enterococcus Populations

(2013) Ana R. Freitas et al.   PLoS One

Infective Endocarditis Epidemiology Over Five Decades: A Systematic Review

(2013) Leandro Slipczuk et al.   PLoS One

Emergence of Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium from Animal and Commensal Strains

(2013) F. Lebreton et al.   mBio

Complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecium strain TX16 and comparative genomic analysis of Enterococcus faecium genomes

(2012) Xiang Qin et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of species-specific PCR, Bruker MS, VITEK MS and the VITEK 2 system for the identification of clinical Enterococcus isolates

(2012) H. Fang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Linezolid as rescue treatment for left-sided infective endocarditis: an observational, retrospective, multicenter study

(2012) T. K. Lauridsen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated with Healthcare-Associated Infections Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009–2010

(2012) Dawn M. Sievert et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Enterococcus ureilyticus sp. nov. and Enterococcus rotai sp. nov., two urease-producing enterococci from the environment

(2012) I. Sedlacek et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative Analysis of the First Complete Enterococcus faecium Genome

(2012) M. M. C. Lam et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification of Blood Culture Isolates Directly from Positive Blood Cultures by Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry and a Commercial Extraction System: Analysis of Performance, Cost, and Turnaround Time

(2012) P. R. S. Lagace-Wiens et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Use of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry To Identify Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Investigate the Epidemiology of an Outbreak

(2012) P. M. Griffin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The rise of the Enterococcus: beyond vancomycin resistance

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

Genomic and SNP Analyses Demonstrate a Distant Separation of the Hospital and Community-Associated Clades of Enterococcus faecium

(2012) Jessica Galloway-Peña et al.   PLoS One

Daptomycin Resistance in Enterococci Is Associated with Distinct Alterations of Cell Membrane Phospholipid Content

(2012) Nagendra N. Mishra et al.   PLoS One

Comparative Genomics of Enterococci: Variation in Enterococcus faecalis, Clade Structure in E. faecium, and Defining Characteristics of E. gallinarum and E. casseliflavus

(2012) K. L. Palmer et al.   mBio

Restricted Gene Flow among Hospital Subpopulations of Enterococcus faecium

(2012) R. J. L. Willems et al.   mBio

d-Ala-d-Ser VanN-Type Transferable Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus faecium

(2011) François Lebreton et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Ampicillin Enhances Daptomycin- and Cationic Host Defense Peptide-Mediated Killing of Ampicillin- and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

(2011) George Sakoulas et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Enterococcus rivorum sp. nov., from water of pristine brooks

(2011) R. M. Niemi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Insight into antimicrobial susceptibility and population structure of contemporary human Enterococcus faecalis isolates from Europe

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

Complete Genome Sequence of Melissococcus plutonius ATCC 35311

(2011) K. Okumura et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bacteriophage-mediated transduction of antibiotic resistance in enterococci

(2011) R. Mazaheri Nezhad Fard et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Contribution of the enterococcal surface protein Esp to pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium endocarditis

(2011) Esther Heikens et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

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

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

Daptomycin: From the Mountain to the Clinic, with Essential Help from Francis Tally, MD

(2010) Barry I. Eisenstein et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mobile genetic elements and their contribution to the emergence of antimicrobial resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

(2010) K. Hegstad et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, a revolution in clinical microbial identification

(2010) A. Bizzini et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Pathogenesis and immunity in enterococcal infections

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

Horizontal gene transfer and the genomics of enterococcal antibiotic resistance

(2010) Kelli L Palmer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Gelatinase Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Endocarditis Caused by Enterococcus faecalis

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

Differential PilA pilus assembly by a hospital-acquired and a community-derived Enterococcus faecium isolate

(2010) A. P. A. Hendrickx et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

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

Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci Lack CRISPR-cas

(2010) K. L. Palmer et al.   mBio

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

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

Clinical Presentation, Etiology, and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis in the 21st Century

(2009) David R. Murdoch   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

PCR-based plasmid typing inEnterococcus faeciumstrains reveals widely distributed pRE25-, pRUM-, pIP501- and pHTβ-related replicons associated with glycopeptide resistance and stabilizing toxin–antitoxin systems

(2009) Torill C.S. Rosvoll et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Review of virulence factors of enterococcus : An emerging nosocomial pathogen

(2009) PMGiridhara Upadhyaya et al.   Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Genetic Variation and Evolution of the Pathogenicity Island of Enterococcus faecalis

(2009) S. M. McBride et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Comparative Genomics and Transduction Potential of Enterococcus faecalis Temperate Bacteriophages

(2009) A. Yasmin et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Role of Class A Penicillin-Binding Proteins in the Expression of  -Lactam Resistance in Enterococcus faecium

(2009) L. B. Rice et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Distribution of Genes Encoding MSCRAMMs and Pili in Clinical and Natural Populations of Enterococcus faecium

(2009) J. Sillanpaa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of Clonality and Antibiotic Resistance among Early Clinical Isolates ofEnterococcus faeciumin the United States

(2009) Jessica R. Galloway‐Peña et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A classification system for plasmids from enterococci and other Gram-positive bacteria

(2009) L.B. Jensen et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

The ecology, epidemiology and virulence of Enterococcus

(2009) K. Fisher et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Complete nucleotide sequencing and analysis of the 65-kb highly conjugativeEnterococcus faeciumplasmid pMG1: identification of the transfer-related region and the minimum region required for replication

(2008) Koichi Tanimoto et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

A Functional Collagen Adhesin Gene, acm, in Clinical Isolates of Enterococcus faecium Correlates with the Recent Success of This Emerging Nosocomial Pathogen

(2008) S. R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated With Healthcare-Associated Infections: Annual Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006–2007

(2008) Alicia I. Hidron et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Efficacy and safety of tigecycline compared with vancomycin or linezolid for treatment of serious infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a Phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, randomized study

(2008) I. Florescu et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Expression of two distinct types of pili by a hospital-acquired Enterococcus faecium isolate

(2008) A. P. A. Hendrickx et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM