Enterococcus faecalis

"Enterococcus faecalis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens and the human intestinal tract. Most strains are nonhemolytic.

Descriptor ID	D013293
MeSH Number(s)	B03.353.750.250.250.280 B03.510.550.250.250.280
Concept/Terms	Enterococcus faecalis Enterococcus faecalis Streptococcus Group D Streptococcus faecalis

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Enterococcus faecalis".

Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Firmicutes [B03.353]
Lactobacillales [B03.353.750]
Enterococcaceae [B03.353.750.250]
Enterococcus [B03.353.750.250.250]
Enterococcus faecalis [B03.353.750.250.250.280]
Gram-Positive Bacteria [B03.510]
Lactobacillales [B03.510.550]
Enterococcaceae [B03.510.550.250]
Enterococcus [B03.510.550.250.250]
Enterococcus faecalis [B03.510.550.250.250.280]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Enterococcus faecalis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Enterococcus faecalis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 42 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2020 and 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2007	2	0	2
2008	0	1	1
2009	2	0	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	3	0	3
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	1	2
2017	4	0	4
2018	3	0	3
2019	1	0	1
2020	4	1	5
2022	3	1	4
2023	2	2	4
2024	4	1	5
2025	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterococcus faecalis" by people in Profiles.

Parga A, Mattu J, Belibasakis GN, Kline KA, Leprince JG, Manoil D. A polymicrobial perspective into the ecological role of Enterococcus faecalis in dental root canal infections. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2025 May 22; 11(1):83.

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Ho FK, Lam LN, Matysik A, Watts TD, Wong JJ, Chong KKL, Choo PY, Tolar J, Low PM, Chua ZS, Paxman JJ, Heras B, Marsili E, Ajo-Franklin CM, Kline KA. Role of sortase-assembled Ebp pili in Enterococcus faecalis adhesion to iron oxides and its impact on extracellular electron transfer. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Mar 04; 13(3):e0233724.

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Archambaud C, Nunez N, da Silva RAG, Kline KA, Serror P. Enterococcus faecalis: an overlooked cell invader. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2024 Sep 26; 88(3):e0006924.

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Colomer-Winter C, Yong AMH, Chong KKL, Veleba M, Choo PY, Gao IH, Matysik A, Ho FK, Chen SL, Kline KA. The HtrA chaperone monitors sortase-assembled pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis. PLoS Genet. 2024 Aug; 20(8):e1011071.

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Celik C, Lee STT, Tanoto FR, Veleba M, Kline K, Thibault G. Decoding the complexity of delayed wound healing following Enterococcus faecalis infection. Elife. 2024 May 20; 13.

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da Silva RAG, Stocks CJ, Hu G, Kline KA, Chen J. Bosutinib Stimulates Macrophage Survival, Phagocytosis, and Intracellular Killing of Bacteria. ACS Infect Dis. 2024 05 10; 10(5):1725-1738.

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Nair ZJ, Gao IH, Firras A, Chong KKL, Hill ED, Choo PY, Colomer-Winter C, Chen Q, Manzano C, Pethe K, Kline KA. An essential protease, FtsH, influences daptomycin resistance acquisition in Enterococcus faecalis. Mol Microbiol. 2024 05; 121(5):1021-1038.

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Tan CAZ, Chong KKL, Yeong DYX, Ng CHM, Ismail MH, Yap ZH, Khetrapal V, Tay VSY, Drautz-Moses DI, Ali Y, Chen SL, Kline KA. Purine and carbohydrate availability drive Enterococcus faecalis fitness during wound and urinary tract infections. mBio. 2024 Jan 16; 15(1):e0238423.

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Lee WL, Sinha A, Lam LN, Loo HL, Liang J, Ho P, Cui L, Chan CSC, Begley T, Kline KA, Dedon P. An RNA modification enzyme directly senses reactive oxygen species for translational regulation in Enterococcus faecalis. Nat Commun. 2023 07 11; 14(1):4093.

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da Silva RAG, Wong JJ, Antypas H, Choo PY, Goh K, Jolly S, Liang C, Tay Kwan Sing L, Veleba M, Hu G, Chen J, Kline KA. Mitoxantrone targets both host and bacteria to overcome vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis. Sci Adv. 2023 02 22; 9(8):eadd9280.

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