ReviewPLoS pathogens2020
Competent but complex communication: The phenomena of pheromone-responsive plasmids.
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- Identification of essential genes for conjugative transfer in antimicrobial resistance-associated pELF-type linear plasmids of opportunistic pathogen Enterococcus faecium.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- A newly discoveredFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Bacterivorous CiliateAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Enterococcus faecium: evolution, adaptation, pathogenesis and emerging therapeutics.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2024Review
- An enterococcal phage protein inhibits type IV restriction enzymes involved in antiphage defense.Nature communications · 2024Article
- An enterococcal phage protein broadly inhibits type IV restriction enzymes involved in antiphage defense.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Comparative genomic analysis of clinical Enterococcus faecalis distinguishes strains isolated from the bladder.BMC genomics · 2023Article
- Barriers to genetic manipulation of Enterococci: Current Approaches and Future Directions.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2022Review
- Plasmid-Assisted Horizontal Transfer of a LargeMicrobiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Enterococcal biofilm-A nidus for antibiotic resistance transfer?Journal of applied microbiology · 2022Review
- Plasmid Fusion and Recombination Events That Occurred during Conjugation ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Let Me Upgrade You: Impact of Mobile Genetic Elements on Enterococcal Adaptation and Evolution.Journal of bacteriology · 2021Review
- A Novel Biofilm Model System to Visualise Conjugal Transfer of Vancomycin Resistance by Environmental Enterococci.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Sentinel Surveillance Reveals Emerging Daptomycin-Resistant ST736Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Enterococci are robust gram-positive bacteria that are found in a variety of surroundings and that cause a significant number of healthcare-associated infections. The genus possesses a high-efficiency pheromone-responsive plasmid (PRP) transfer system for genetic exchange that allows antimicrobial-resistance determinants to spread within bacterial populations. The pCF10 plasmid system is the best characterised, and although other PRP systems are structurally similar, they lack exact functional homologues of pCF10-encoded genes. In this review, we provide an overview of the enterococcal PRP systems, incorporating functional details for the less-well-defined systems. We catalogue the virulence-associated elements of the PRPs that have been identified to date, and we argue that this reinforces the requirement for elucidation of the less studied systems.
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