Publications

primary and secondary structures of rrna spacer regions in enterococci.	the 16s-23s and 23s-5s rrna spacer dna regions (spacer regions 1 and 2, respectively) from enterococcus faecalis, enterococcus faecium, enterococcus hirae, enterococcus durans and enterococcus mundtii were amplified by pcr. their nucleotide sequences were established and a secondary structure model showing the interaction between the two spacer regions was built. whereas lactococci and streptococcus sensu stricto are characterized by a single type of spacer region 1, the enterococci show a high ...	1997	9084166
presumptive fecal streptococci in environmental samples characterized by one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.	the use of fecal streptococci as fecal indicators requires better knowledge of the ecology of these bacteria. we isolated 371 presumptive fecal streptococci from environmental samples--domestic wastewater, forest industry wastewater, contaminated surface and seawater, well water, cow dung, bird droppings, and pristine waters--and clustered them according to their protein profiles in one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis. some clusters could be tentati ...	1993	8357252
resistance of enterococcus faecium to neutrophil-mediated phagocytosis.	during a previous study of the opsonic requirements for neutrophil (polymorphonuclear leukocyte [pmn])-mediated killing of enterococci, we identified two strains of enterococcus faecium (tx0015 and tx0016) that were resistant to pmn-mediated killing. to better define the mechanism of this resistance, we examined phagocytosis with a fluorescence assay and found that tx0016 was completely resistant to phagocytosis by pmns; this finding was confirmed by electron microscopy. examination of multiple ...	1994	7960141
isolation of enterococcus mundtii from normally sterile body sites in two patients.	enterococcus mundtii, a recently described nonmotile, yellow-pigmented enterococcal species, was isolated from a chronic thigh abscess and from operatively obtained sinus mucosa. it is emphasized that this species may be encountered in clinical specimens and that the correct species identification may be missed when commercially available identification systems are relied on.	1991	2056046