Screening of in vivo activated genes in Enterococcus faecalis during insect and mouse infections and growth in urine.

Enterococcus faecalis is part of the commensal microbiota of humans and its main habitat is the gastrointestinal tract. Although harmless in healthy individuals, E. faecalis has emerged as a major cause of nosocomial infections. In order to better understand the transformation of a harmless commensa...

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Main Authors: Aurelie Hanin, Irina Sava, YinYin Bao, Johannes Huebner, Axel Hartke, Yanick Auffray, Nicolas Sauvageot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2912369?pdf=render