CRISPR- <i>cas</i> system in the acquisition of virulence genes in dental-root canal and hospital-acquired isolates of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>
Pourya Gholizadeh, Mohammad Aghazadeh, Reza Ghotaslou, Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaee, Tahereh Pirzadeh, Şükran Köse, Khudaverdi Ganbarov, Mehdi Yousefi, Hossein Samadi Kafil
Abstract
BHI: brain-heart infusion agar; CRISPRs: Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats; Esp: Cell wall-associated protein; ENT: ear-nose-throat; ICU: intensive care units; OD: optical densities; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; SDS: sodium dodecyl sulfate; UTI: urinary tract infection.
Topics & Concepts
VirulenceBiologyCRISPREnterococcus faecalisMicrobiologyEnterococcusHemolysisGeneRoot canalBiofilmGelatinaseMultilocus sequence typingPhenotypeGeneticsGenotypeBacteriaAntibioticsMedicineEscherichia coliMatrix metalloproteinaseImmunologyDentistryAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management