Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Diversity among Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci

Barbara E. Murray

Author affiliation: University of Texas Houston-Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA

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Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responsive conjugative system. Pheromone A released from the potential recipient cell (right) interacts with plasmid A in the potential donor cell (left) to induce synthesis of aggregation substance. Attachment of aggregation substance to binding substance causes the cells to clump into visible aggregates. Once the pheromone-responsive plasmid A has transferred from donor to recipient cell, synthesis of pheromone A is shut off.

Figure 1. Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responsive conjugative system. Pheromone A released from the potential recipient cell (right) interacts with plasmid A in the potential donor cell (left) to induce synthesis of aggregation substance. Attachment of aggregation substance to binding substance causes the cells to clump into visible aggregates. Once the pheromone-responsive plasmid A has transferred from donor to recipient cell, synthesis of pheromone A is shut off.

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