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Cell-wall glycolipid mutations and their effects on virulence of E. faecalis in a rat model of infective endocarditis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Haller Christoph, Berthold Martin, Wobser Dominique, Kropec Andrea, Lauriola Marinella, Schlensak Christian, Huebner Johannes
Abstract excerpt
Enterococci are among the major pathogens implicated in cardiac infections and biofilm formation. E. faecalis has been shown to play an important role in infectious endocarditis. Several distinct mechanisms for biofilm formation have been identified in E. faecalis. Our group has previously characterized two distinct bacterial glucosyltransferases playing key roles in the production of the major cell wall...
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