Enterococcus species are natural inhabitants of the intestinal tract in humans and animals,
and due to their ubiquity in human and animal feces and their persistence in the …

Pathogens that infect the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts are subjected to intense
pressure due to the environmental conditions of the surroundings. This pressure has led to …

Antibiotics are among the most valuable compounds used for fighting human diseases.
Unfortunately, pathogenic bacteria have evolved towards resistance. One important and …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) including plasmids and transposons are pivotal in the
dissemination and persistence of antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus faecalis and …

Enterococci have been recognized as important hospital-acquired pathogens in recent
years, and isolates of E. faecalis and E. faecium are the third-to fourth-most prevalent …

Coccidiosis is a self-limiting disease that is universally present in poultry operations, causing
extensive damage to the intestinal lining of the bird. Global economic losses from …

Most genomes of bacteria contain toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems. These gene systems encode
a toxic protein and its cognate antitoxin. Upon antitoxin degradation, the toxin induces cell …

Abstract Background The Gram-positive bacterium Enterococcus faecium is an important
cause of nosocomial infections in immunocompromized patients. Results We present a …

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are prevalent in bacteria and archaea. Although not essential
for normal cell growth, TA systems are implicated in multiple cellular functions associated …

A classification system for plasmids isolated from enterococci and other Gram-positive
bacteria was developed based on 111 published plasmid sequences from enterococci and …