Enterococci are ubiquitous members of the gut microbiota in human beings and animals and
are among the most important nosocomial organisms. Due to their opportunistic …

As a subset of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), C-type lectin-like receptors (CLRs) are
mainly expressed by myeloid cells as both transmembrane and soluble forms. CLRs …

Enterococci are gut microbes of most land animals. Likely appearing first in the guts of
arthropods as they moved onto land, they diversified over hundreds of millions of years …

Digestive system diseases arise primarily through the interplay of genetic and environmental
influences; there is an urgent need in elucidating the pathogenic mechanisms of these …

The “death cap”, Amanita phalloides, is the world's most poisonous mushroom, responsible
for 90% of mushroom-related fatalities. The most fatal component of the death cap is α …

Natural bacteria have been utilized to directly maintain the human body's homeostasis for
directly or indirectly relieving diseases throughout history. With the rapid development of …

Between 2010 and 2015 the incidence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE
fm) in Norway increased dramatically. Hence, we selected (1) a random subset of …

Background The emergence of optrA, which can confer resistance to phenicols and
oxazolidinones in Enterococcus spp., poses a growing public health threat. Methods 102 …

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in farm environments can be transferred to humans
through the food chain and occupational exposure. Enterococcus infections caused by …

Unbiased forward genetic screens have been extensively employed in biological research
to elucidate functional genomics. In pooled clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …