S ALEM, MA — More than 40 Massachusetts beaches were off limits to swimming heading into what is expected to be one of the ...

Signs posted read: "Warning swimmers - bacteria levels do not meet state water quality standards, swimming not advised until ...

Four freshwater lakes in New Jersey are also under swimming advisories and a lake at a state park remains closed due to a ...

All the latest science news on enterococci from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, and breakthroughs.

Enterococci bacteria are the bane of hospitals, causing thousands of multidrug-resistant infections in patients each year. Now, researchers have traced evidence of the bacteria's evolutionary ...

Correspondence Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Health Care Facilities Published September 6, 2001 N Engl J Med 2001;345: 768 - 769 DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200109063451013 ...

NCRWQP reports they have collected additional samples from the affected sites and will test them again to decide on the next ...

Meet enterococci, superbug extraoordinaire. Apart from outlasting the dinosaurs, they have also managed to survive everything that Nature has thrown at it, each time becoming more indestructible.

Specifically, enterococci-derived β-glucosidases (BGLs) hydrolyze coumarin glycosides into antibacterial aglycones, thereby inhibiting the growth of S. Tm by competing for iron.

The overall prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci at 30 facilities that participated in all three years of the study decreased from 2.2 percent in 1997 to 1.4 percent in 1998 and to 0.5 ...