Probiotic Enterococcus faecium strain is a possible recipient of the vanA gene cluster.
The characteristics of Enterococcus faecium have led to concern regarding the safety of probiotics that contain this bacterium. The results of an in vitro filter mating assay indicate that a probiotic E. faecium strain might be a potential recipient of vancomycin resistance genes.
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Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, and Södertörns Högskola, University College, Stockholm, Sweden.
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D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / Q000235:genetics*; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D005810:Multigene Family; D019936:Probiotics; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases