Title: Bacterial evolution: The road to E. faecium pathogenesis.
Authors: David, Rachel
Abstract: The article discusses a study presented by Gilmore and colleagues which aims to describe the evolution of Enterococcus faecium. It shows that the study uses the genome-based analysis. It reveals that gut commensal and hospital-acquired strains has a great variation in genome sequence. It adds that genes analysis under selective pressure supports the notion that genes encoding carbohydrate transport systems were found to under positive selective pressure.
Subjects: BACTERIAL evolution; ENTEROCOCCUS faecium; GENOMICS; COMMENSALISM; NOSOCOMIAL infections; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; CARBOHYDRATES; GENETICS
Publication: Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 10, p662
ISSN: 1740-1526
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3126

Bacterial evolution: The road to E. faecium pathogenesis.

David, Rachel