Chaining in enterococci revisited: correlation between chain length and gelatinase phenotype, and gelE and fsrB genes among clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis

Cesar A Arias^{1

2

3}, Leonardo Cortes¹, Barbara E Murray^{4

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Bacterial Molecular Genetics Unit, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
³ Center for the Study of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Cesar A Arias et al. J Med Microbiol. 2007 Feb.

. 2007 Feb;56(Pt 2):286-288.

doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46877-0.

Cesar A Arias^{1

2

3}, Leonardo Cortes¹, Barbara E Murray^{4

2

3}

¹ Bacterial Molecular Genetics Unit, Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
³ Center for the Study of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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