Enterococcus

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Enterococcaceae

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Enterococcus (LPSN link)

Berlutti F et al. (1993) Berlutti, F., Thaller, M.C., Schippa, S., Pantanella, F., and Pompei, R. "A new approach to use of bacteriolytic enzymes as a tool for species identification: selection of species-specific indicator strains with bacteriolytic activity towards Enterococcus strains." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43:63-68.

Descheemaeker P et al. (1997) Descheemaeker, P., Lammens, C., Pot, B., Vandamme, P., and Goossens, H. "Evaluation of arbitrarily primed PCR analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of large genomic DNA fragments for identification of enterococci important in human medicine." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:555-561. (Note: evidence presented indicating Enterococcus flavescens = Enterococcus casseliflavus)

Schleifer KH & Kilpper-Balz R (1984) Schleifer, K.H., and Kilpper-Balz, R. "Transfer of Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium to the genus Enterococcus nom. rev. as Enterococcus faecalis comb. nov. and Enterococcus faecium comb. nov." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34(1):31-34. [NoPubMed record available.]