Phylogenetic and pathogenic description of Enterococcus faecalis at a Northern Chinese hospital
Jingliang Qin, Jiayi Zhang, Jing Wang, Yongming Shen, Nan Chen, Boyang Cao, Xi Guo · 2025
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Description
Jingliang Qin and co-authors profile a common hospital bacterium in Tianjin, China, in a 2025 paper. Enterococcus faecalis is a leading cause of infections caught in care settings, and telling its clinical strains apart from harmless ones is hard by eye. Whole-genome sequencing offers a sharper lens.
The team sequenced isolates from one northern hospital and typed them, then placed them on the global family tree. They looked for signs of spread within the country and catalogued genes tied to harm and drug resistance. Such maps help infection teams spot outbreaks early and judge which strains deserve the closest watch.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jingliang Qin, Jiayi Zhang, Jing Wang, Yongming Shen, Nan Chen, Boyang Cao, Xi Guo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |