Publication from professor Kline's lab on Enterococcus faecalis. This study demonstrates that Enterococcus faecalis exploits lactic acid as an immunomodulatory metabolite to suppr ...

The incidence of enterococcal infections has been increasing over the past few years, with rising rates of multidrug resistance. VRE is increasingly a problem in many hospitals and intensive care ...

When infected wounds – often arising from surgery, diabetes or everyday injuries – fail to heal, they can become chronic infections that linger for weeks and become difficult ...

A typical gut bacterium that can spread through the body and cause a serious infection resists natural immune defenses and antibiotics by enhancing its protective outer layer, known as the cell ...

Confocal laser scanning micrograph of an Enterococcus faecalis aggregate that has penetrated a semisolid surface. Green fluorescence indicates neutral lipids. Red denotes anionic lipids. White ...