Identification of a novel genomic island specific to hospital-acquired clonal complex 17 Enterococcus faecium isolates.
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SUBMITTER: Heikens E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2583488 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
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Identification of a novel genomic island specific to hospital-acquired clonal complex 17 Enterococcus faecium isolates.
Heikens Esther E van Schaik Willem W Leavis Helen L HL Bonten Marc J M MJ Willems Rob J L RJ
Applied and environmental microbiology 20081003 22
Hospital-acquired clonal complex 17 (CC17) Enterococcus faecium strains are genetically distinct from indigenous strains and are enriched with resistance genes and virulence genes. We identified a genomic island in CC17 E. faecium tentatively encoding a metabolic pathway involved in carbohydrate transport and metabolism, which may provide a competitive advantage over the indigenous E. faecium microbiota. ...[more]
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