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SUBMITTER: Shankar V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC96296 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shankar V V Baghdayan A S AS Huycke M M MM Lindahl G G Gilmore M S MS
Infection and immunity 19990101 1
We report the identification of a new cell wall-associated protein of Enterococcus faecalis. Studies on the distribution of the gene encoding this novel surface protein, Esp, reveal a significant (P < 0.001) enrichment in infection-derived E. faecalis isolates. Interestingly, the esp gene was not identified in any of 34 clinical E. faecium isolates or in 4 other less pathogenic enterococcal species tested. Analysis of the structural gene among various E. faecalis isolates reveals the existence o ...[more]