Vancomycin resistance plasmid in Enterococcus faecalis that encodes sensitivity to a sex pheromone also produced by Staphylococcus aureus

S A Showsh et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Jul.

. 2001 Jul;45(7):2177-8.

doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.7.2177-2178.2001.

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