Domain : Bacteria
Division : Firmicutes
Class : Bacilli
Order : Lactobacillales
Family : Enterococcaceae
Genus : Enterococcus ( Gram-positive cocci )
Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984, gen. nov., nom. rev. (Type genus of the family ¤Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010).
Type species: Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984.
Synonym: “Enterococcus” Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903.
Etymology: Gr. n. enteron, intestine; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Enterococcus, intestinal coccus
Reference: SCHLEIFER (K.H.) and KILPPER-BÄLZ (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, 31-34.
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