Identification of a novel genomic island specific to hospital-acquired clonal complex 17 Enterococcus faecium isolates.

ABSTRACT: Hospital-acquired clonal complex 17 (CC17) Enterococcus faecium strains are genetically distinct from indigenous strains and are enriched with resistance genes and virulence genes. We identified a genomic island in CC17 E. faecium tentatively encoding a metabolic pathway involved in carbohydrate transport and metabolism, which may provide a competitive advantage over the indigenous E. faecium microbiota.

SUBMITTER: Heikens E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2583488 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature