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ArticleAntonie van Leeuwenhoek2024

Study of an Enterococcus faecium strain isolated from an artisanal Mexican cheese, whole-genome sequencing, comparative genomics, and bacteriocin expression.

Daniel Acero-Pimentel, Diana I Romero-Sánchez, Sac Nicté Fuentes-Curiel, Maricarmen Quirasco

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Article in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microorganisms · 2026
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  3. CRISPR-Cas systems in enterococci.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel Acero-PimentelDepartamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-4300-9279
Diana I Romero-SánchezDepartamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sac Nicté Fuentes-CurielDepartamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
Maricarmen QuirascoDepartamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico. quirabma@unam.mx.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0247-4774
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enterococci are ubiquitous microorganisms in almost all environments, from the soil we step on to the food we eat. They are frequently found in naturally fermented foods, contributing to ripening through protein, lipid, and sugar metabolism. On the other hand, these organisms are also leading the current antibiotic resistance crisis. In this study, we performed whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomics of an Enterococcus faecium strain isolated from an artisanal Mexican Cotija cheese, namely QD-2. We found clear genomic differences between commensal and pathogenic strains, particularly in their carbohydrate metabolic pathways, resistance to vancomycin and other antibiotics, bacteriocin production, and bacteriophage and CRISPR content. Furthermore, a bacteriocin transcription analysis performed by RT-qPCR revealed that, at the end of the log phase, besides enterocins A and X, two putative bacteriocins not reported previously are also transcribed as a bicistronic operon in E. faecium QD-2, and are expressed 1.5 times higher than enterocin A when cultured in MRS broth.

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BacteriocinsCheeseEnterococcus faeciumEnterococcusGenomicsBacteriocinsAntibiotic resistanceBacteriocinsComparative genomicsDairy productsEnterococcus faeciumRT-qPCR

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PMID38393447
PMCPMC10891205
OpenAlexW4392098968

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