The enterococci : pathogenesis, molecular biology, and antibiotic resistance
Table of Contents 1. History, Taxonomy, Biochemical Characteristics, and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Enterococci, Richard R. Facklam, Maria da Gloria S. Carvalho, and Lucia M. Teixeira 2. Nonhuman Reservoirs of Enterococci, Frank M. Aarestrup, Patrick Butaye, and Wolfgang Witte 3. Enterococci as Members of the Intestinal Microflora of Humans, Gerald W. Tannock and Greg Cook 4. Physiology of Enterococci, Mark M. Huycke 5. Enterococcal Cell Wall, Jacques Coyette and Lynne E. Hancock 6. Plasmids and Transposons, Keith E. Weaver, Louis B. Rice, and Gordon Churchward 7. Conjugation and Genetic Exchange in Enterococci, Don B. Clewell and Gary M. Dunny 8. Enterococcal Virulence, Michael S. Gilmore, Phillip S. Coburn, Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, and Barbara E. Murray 9. Acquired Antibiotic Resistances in Enterococci, Vivek Kak and Joseph W. Chow 10. Enterococcal Disease: Epidemiology and Treatment, Preeti N. Malani, Carol A. Kauffman, and Marcus J. Zervos 11. The Genome of Enterococcus faecalis V583: a Tool for Discovery, W. Michael McShan and Nathan Shankar