title: Probiotic Enterococcus faecium strain is a possible recipient of the vanA gene cluster.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, and Södertörns Högskola, University College, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Lund
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authors: C
authors: Edlund
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases