Pyrosequencing-based comparative genome analysis of the nosocomial pathogen Enterococcus faecium and identification of a large transferable pathogenicity island
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Genomics
- Vol. 11 (1) , 239
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-239
Abstract
The Gram-positive bacterium Enterococcus faecium is an important cause of nosocomial infections in immunocompromized patients.Keywords
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