Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs ... However, they tend to be smaller, and can replicate autonomously as a plasmid. One new AICE, pMEA100, has been identified in Amycolatopsis ...

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 ...