Enrique Joffré

The paper shows that susceptible Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli in catheter biofilms survive β-lactam treatment through mutualistic interactions and persister-like states, without resistance.

The paper shows small plasmids can cause antibiotic heteroresistance through copy number increases via plasmid mutations or chromosomal recD mutations in Escherichia coli.

This study identifies a novel mechanism of antibiotic heteroresistance in E. coli mediated by phage-plasmid copy number increase and horizontal transfer.

PLAGUE improves plasmid detection accuracy by reducing false positives in short-read assemblies while maintaining sensitivity.

This study identifies genetic and metabolic diversity among Enterococcus species in ICU patients, revealing multiple clones, horizontal gene transfer, and challenges in species identification.