Insights into ecology, pathogenesis, and biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis from functional genomics

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SUMMARY Enterococcus faecalis is a significant resident of the gastrointestinal tract of most animals, including humans. Although generally non-pathogenic in healthy hosts, this microbe is adept at the exploitation of compromises in host immune functions, resulting in life-threatening opportunistic infections whose treatments are complicated by a high degree of intrinsic and acquired resistance to antimicrobial...

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