Publication from professor Kline's lab on Enterococcus faecalis. This study demonstrates that Enterococcus faecalis exploits ...

Chronic wound infections are notoriously difficult to manage because some bacteria can actively interfere with the body's ...

Chronic wound infections are often difficult to treat, partly due to bacteria like Enterococcus faecalis. This study shows that this bacterium can live inside human cells, where it is protected from ...

Bacteria block the immune system with lactic acid and cause infections to become chronic, revealing why some wounds don't ...

A new study finds that two subtypes of pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) produce five to 16 times more protective capsular “slime” when Enterococcus faecalis (EF) is present. The finding could ...

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 ...

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 ...