Enterococcus faecalis with the gelatinase phenotype regulated by the fsr operon and with biofilm-forming capacity are common in the agricultural environment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1540-1547

  MacOvei, Lilia ^a,b   Ghosh, Anuradha ^a   Thomas, Vinai C ^a   Hancock, Lynn E ^a   Mahmood, Sajid ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CATTLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSE FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GELATINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOUSEFLIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; SWINE;

BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; ENTEROCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTICUS; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 66649091574     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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