Comparative genomics of Enterococcus spp. isolated from bovine feces

Background Enterococcus is ubiquitous in nature and is a commensal of both the bovine and human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It is also associated with clinical infections in humans. Subtherapeutic administration of antibiotics to cattle selects for antibiotic resistant enterococci in the bovine GI...

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Published in:	BMC microbiology Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 52
Main Authors:	Beukers, Alicia G., Zaheer, Rahat, Goji, Noriko, Amoako, Kingsley K., Chaves, Alexandre V., Ward, Michael P., McAllister, Tim A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 08.03.2017 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Antibiotic resistance Antibiotics Antimicrobial agents Bacteria Bacteriophages Biological Microscopy Biomedical and Life Sciences Bovidae Cattle Cattle - microbiology Cattle Diseases - microbiology Cluster Analysis Clustering CRISPR-Cas Systems Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA DNA Transposable Elements - genetics DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification Drug resistance Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial - genetics Enterococcus Enterococcus - classification Enterococcus - drug effects Enterococcus - genetics Enterococcus - isolation & purification Enterococcus casseliflavus Enterococcus durans Enterococcus faecalis Enterococcus faecalis - drug effects Enterococcus faecalis - genetics Enterococcus faecalis - isolation & purification Enterococcus faecalis - pathogenicity Enterococcus faecium Enterococcus faecium - drug effects Enterococcus faecium - genetics Enterococcus faecium - isolation & purification Enterococcus faecium - pathogenicity Enterococcus gallinarum Enterococcus hirae Enterococcus hirae - drug effects Enterococcus hirae - genetics Enterococcus hirae - isolation & purification Enterococcus hirae - pathogenicity Enterococcus thailandicus Enterococcus villorum Feces Feces - microbiology Food processing industry Gastrointestinal Microbiome Gastrointestinal tract Genome, Bacterial - genetics Genomes Genomics genomics and proteomics Humans Infections Interspersed Repetitive Sequences - genetics Life Sciences Lincosamides - pharmacology Livestock Macrolides - pharmacology Microbial genetics Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbiology Multilocus Sequence Typing - methods Mycology Nosocomial infections Parasitology Pathogens Phylogeny Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Research Article Sepsis Streptogramin B - pharmacology Tetracycline Resistance - genetics Virology Virulence Virulence Factors - genetics Comparative genomics Bovine feces Enterococcus
ISSN:	1471-2180, 1471-2180
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