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  • Introduction: a journey to the world of enterococcus / Lígia L. Pimentel ... [and others]
  • Diversity and ecological niches / Abdelhak Lemsaddek and Rogério Tenreiro
  • Enterococcal physiology and cell wall structure and dynamics / Mark M. Huycke and Lynn E. Hancock
  • Mobile genetic elements and horizontal gene transfer / Teresa M. Coque ... [and others]
  • Enterococcal genomes and genomic islands / Veronica N. Kos and Michael S. Gilmore
  • Emergence and clonal dissemination of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis in hospitals, the community, and animals / Janetta Top and Rob Willems
  • Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among enterococcus faecium and enterococcus faecalis isolated from human (clinical/commensal), food animal, meat, and environmental samples / Guido Werner
  • Are antimicrobial resistant enterococci of animal origin a human hazard? / Anette M. Hammerum, Camilla H. Lester, and Ole E. Heuer
  • Pathogenesis and virulence / Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek and Rosario Mato
  • Enterococcal biofilms / Fernanda Laroza Paganelli and Helen L. Leavis
  • Protective immune response / Christian Repp and Johannes Huebner
  • Transcriptome analysis: towards a comprehensive understanding of global enterococcal transcriptional activity / Margrete Solheim and Ingolf F. Nes
  • Proteomics of enterococci: an -omic tool for understanding antibiotic resistance and stress environments / Gilberto Igrejas ... [and others]
  • Post-genomic strategies towards the evaluation of pathogenicity potential / Maria De Fátima Silva Lopes, Laura Carrilero and Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn
  • Enterococci in food / Maria Teresa Barreto Crespo and Paula Isabel Alves
  • Enterococci in water / Caterina Signoretto and Pietro Canepari
  • Qualified presumption of safety (Qps) and generally recognized as safe (Gras) concepts / Charles M.A.P. Franz ... [and others]
  • Bacteriocins and their application as food bio-preservatives / Hikmate Abriouel ... [and others]
  • Probiotics and their applications to improve human and animal health / Varsha Gupta
  • Closing remarks: potential risks of enterococci to food safety regarding the 21st century challenges / Maria Teresa Barreto Crespo, Rogério Tenreiro, and Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek.