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Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.01378-08
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Identification of a novel genomic island specific for hospital-acquired CC17 Enterococcus faecium

Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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	Abstract

Hospital-acquired CC17 Enterococcus faecium are genetically distinct from indigenous strains and enriched with resistance genes and virulence genes. We identified a genomic island in CC17 E. faecium tentatively encoding a metabolic pathway involved in carbohydrate transport and metabolism, which may provide a competitive advantage over the indigenous E. faecium microbiota.