title: The fms21 (pilA)-fms20 locus encoding one of four distinct pili of Enterococcus faecium is harboured on a large transferable plasmid associated with gut colonization and virulence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of InternalMedicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.|Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-EmergingPathogens, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of InternalMedicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.|Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-EmergingPathogens, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Kavindra V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of InternalMedicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.|Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-EmergingPathogens, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Sreedhar R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Nallapareddy
authors.affiliation: Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College ofMedicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit,Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia.|Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of InternalMedicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.|Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-EmergingPathogens, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panesso
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit,Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia.|Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of InternalMedicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.|Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-EmergingPathogens, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Cesar A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics,University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.|Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of InternalMedicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.|Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-EmergingPathogens, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D010957:Plasmids; D014774:Virulence