Probiotic Enterococcus faecium strain is a possible recipient of the vanA gene cluster.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The characteristics of Enterococcus faecium have led to concern regarding the safety of probiotics that contain this bacterium. The results of an in vitro filter mating assay indicate that a probiotic E. faecium strain might be a potential recipient of vancomycin resistance genes.
Medical subject headings
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carbon-Oxygen Ligases
- Conjugation, Genetic
- Enterococcus faecium
- Genes, Bacterial
- Multigene Family
- Vancomycin Resistance