Enterococcus faecalis

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Characterization of an Active Partition System for the Enterococcus faecalis Pheromone-Responding Plasmid pAD1
Maria Victoria Francia, Keith E. Weaver, Patricia Goicoechea, Patricia Tille, Don B. Clewell
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENS
EbpR Is Important for Biofilm Formation by Activating Expression of the Endocarditis and Biofilm-Associated Pilus Operon (ebpABC) of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF
Agathe Bourgogne, Kavindra V. Singh, Kristina A. Fox, Kathryn J. Pflughoeft, Barbara E. Murray, Danielle A. Garsin
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
A Type IV-Secretion-Like System Is Required for Conjugative DNA Transport of Broad-Host-Range Plasmid pIP501 in Gram-Positive Bacteria
Mohammad Y. Abajy, Jolanta Kopeć, Katarzyna Schiwon, Michal Burzynski, Mike Döring, Christine Bohn, Elisabeth Grohmann
Meeting Presentations
Siamycin Attenuates fsr Quorum Sensing Mediated by a Gelatinase Biosynthesis-Activating Pheromone in Enterococcus faecalis
Jiro Nakayama, Emi Tanaka, Reiko Kariyama, Koji Nagata, Kenzo Nishiguchi, Ritsuko Mitsuhata, Yumi Uemura, Masaru Tanokura, Hiromi Kumon, Kenji Sonomoto
Meeting Presentations
Analysis of the Amino Acid Sequence Specificity Determinants of the Enterococcal cCF10 Sex Pheromone in Interactions with the Pheromone-Sensing Machinery
Kathryn R. Fixen, Josephine R. Chandler, Thinh Le, Briana K. Kozlowicz, Dawn A. Manias, Gary M. Dunny
Meeting Presentations
C-Terminal WxL Domain Mediates Cell Wall Binding in Enterococcus faecalis and Other Gram-Positive Bacteria
Sophie Brinster, Sylviane Furlan, Pascale Serror
Meeting Presentations
The Gene Cluster for Agmatine Catabolism of Enterococcus faecalis: Study of Recombinant Putrescine Transcarbamylase and Agmatine Deiminase and a Snapshot of Agmatine Deiminase Catalyzing Its Reaction
José L. Llácer, Luis Mariano Polo, Sandra Tavárez, Benito Alarcón, Rebeca Hilario, Vicente Rubio
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Functional Analysis of AtlA, the Major N-Acetylglucosaminidase of Enterococcus faecalis
Catherine Eckert, Maxime Lecerf, Lionel Dubost, Michel Arthur, Stéphane Mesnage
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Revised Model for Enterococcus faecalis fsr Quorum-Sensing System: the Small Open Reading Frame fsrD Encodes the Gelatinase Biosynthesis-Activating Pheromone Propeptide Corresponding to Staphylococcal AgrD
Jiro Nakayama, Shengmin Chen, Nozomi Oyama, Kenzo Nishiguchi, Essam A. Azab, Emi Tanaka, Reiko Kariyama, Kenji Sonomoto
Genomics and Proteomics
Comparative Genomic Hybridization Analysis of Enterococcus faecalis: Identification of Genes Absent from Food Strains
E. Lepage, S. Brinster, C. Caron, Céline Ducroix-Crepy, L. Rigottier-Gois, G. Dunny, C. Hennequet-Antier, P. Serror

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