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Loss-of-Function Mutations in epaR Confer Resistance to ϕNPV1 Infection in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2018
Ho Khang, Huo Wenwen, Pas Savannah, Dao Ryan, Palmer Kelli L
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Enterococcus faecalis is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that inhabits the human gastrointestinal tract. Because of the high frequency of antibiotic resistance among Enterococcus clinical isolates, interest in using phage to treat enterococcal infections and to decolonize high-risk patients for antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus is rising. Bacteria can evolve phage resistance, but there is little published...
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