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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2022

Methods for Using the Galleria mellonella Invertebrate Model to Probe Enterococcus faecalis Pathogenicity.

Ling Ning Lam, Debra N Brunson, Jessica K Kajfasz, José A Lemos

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Modelling host-pathogen interactions:Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2025
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  4. Microorganisms · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ling Ning LamDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Debra N BrunsonDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Jessica K KajfaszDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL, USA.
José A LemosDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL, USA. jlemos@dental.ufl.edu.
Florida College · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Comprehensive Training Program in Oral BiologyT90DE021990 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Jose A Lemos · 2011 to 2026
$8.2M
Regulatory Nucleotides of Enterococcus faecalisR21AI135158 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI LEMOS, JOSE A · 2018 to 2019
$419k
Significance of metal homeostasis to bacterial pathogenesis in chronic woundsR21AI137446 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI LEMOS, JOSE A, WALLET, SHANNON MARGARET · 2018 to 2019
$419k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI135158NIDCR NIH HHS T90 DE021990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Enterococci, mainly Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium, are ubiquitous members of the human gastrointestinal tract consortia but also a leading cause of opportunistic infections. The global rise in human-associated enterococcal infections, often caused by multidrug resistant strains, highlights an urgent need to identify the bacterial factors contributing to its pathogenicity such that new therapies can be devised. The use of the Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) larvae, commonly known as wax worm, as a model to study host-pathogen interactions has allowed the identification and characterization of numerous bacterial factors that contribute to disease in humans, serving both as an alternative and complementary approach to mammalian models. Here, we describe the methods for using G. mellonella to characterize the virulence factors of E. faecalis.

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Enterococcus faecalisMothsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalLarvaVirulenceVirulence FactorsVirulence FactorsBacterial virulenceEnterococcal infectionsEnterococcusGalleria mellonellaInvertebrate modelWax worm

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PMID35619034
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