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{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{cs1 config|name-list-style=vanc|display-authors=6}} {{Distinguish|Enterobacter}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Enterococcus_histological_pneumonia_01.png | image_caption = ''Enterococcus sp.'' infection in [[pulmonary]] tissue | taxon = Enterococcus | authority = (''ex'' Thiercelin & Jouhaud 1903)<br />Schleifer & Kilpper-BΓ€lz 1984 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name=Eremococcus /> | subdivision = * ''[[Enterococcus alcedinis|E. alcedinis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus>{{cite web| vauthors = Parte AC |title=Enterococcus| work = List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature ([[LPSN]]) |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/enterococcus}}</ref> * ''[[Enterococcus aquimarinus|E. aquimarinus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus asini|E. asini]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus avium|E. avium]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus bulliens|E. bulliens]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus burkinafasonensis|E. burkinafasonensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus caccae|E. caccae]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus camelliae|E. camelliae]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus canintestini|E. canintestini]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus canis|E. canis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus casseliflavus|E. casseliflavus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus cecorum|E. cecorum]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus columbae|E. columbae]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus crotali|E. crotali]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus devriesei|E. devriesei]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus diestrammenae|E. diestrammenae]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus dispar|E. dispar]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus durans|E. durans]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus eurekensis|E. eurekensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus faecalis|E. faecalis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus faecium|E. faecium]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * <!-- Enterococcus flavescens was reclassified as Enterococcus casseliflavus --> * ''[[Enterococcus gallinarum|E. gallinarum]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus gilvus|E. gilvus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus haemoperoxidus|E. haemoperoxidus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus hermanniensis|E. hermanniensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus hirae|E. hirae]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus hulanensis|E. hulanensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus innesii|E. innesii]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus italicus|E. italicus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus lactis|E. lactis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus lemanii|E. lemanii]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus malodoratus|E. malodoratus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus massiliensis|E. massiliensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus mediterraneensis|E. mediterraneensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus moraviensis|E. moraviensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus mundtii|E. mundtii]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus olivae|E. olivae]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus pallens|E. pallens]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus phoeniculicola|E. phoeniculicola]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus plantarum|E. plantarum]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * <!-- Enterococcus porcinus was reclassified as Enterococcus villorum --> * ''[[Enterococcus pseudoavium|E. pseudoavium]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus quebecensis|E. quebecensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus raffinosus|E. raffinosus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus ratti|E. ratti]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus rivorum|E. rivorum]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus rotai|E. rotai]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus saccharolyticus|E. saccharolyticus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * <!-- Enterococcus saccharominimus was reclassified as Enterococcus italicus --> * <!-- Enterococcus seriolicida was reclassified as Lactococcus garvieae --> * ''[[Enterococcus saigonensis|E. saigonensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus silesiacus|E. silesiacus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus sulfureus|E. sulfureus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus solitarius|E. solitarius]]'' * ''[[Enterococcus songbeiensis|E. songbeiensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus termitis|E. termitis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus thailandicus|E. thailandicus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus ureasiticus|E. ureasiticus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus ureilyticus|E. ureilyticus]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus viikkiensis|E. viikkiensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus villorum|E. villorum]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus wangshanyuanii|E. wangshanyuanii]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus xiangfangensis|E. xiangfangensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> * ''[[Enterococcus xinjiangensis|E. xinjiangensis]]''<ref name=Eremococcus/> }} '''''Enterococcus''''' is a large [[genus]] of [[lactic acid bacteria]] of the [[Phylum (biology)|phylum]] [[Bacillota]]. Enterococci are [[Gram-positive]] [[cocci]] that often occur in pairs ([[diplococcus|diplococci]]) or short chains, and are difficult to distinguish from [[Streptococcus|streptococci]] on physical characteristics alone.<ref name=Gilmore_2002>{{cite book | title=The Enterococci: Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology, and Antibiotic Resistance | publisher = ASM Press | location=Washington, D.C. | year=2002 | editor=Gilmore MS | isbn=978-1-55581-234-8|display-editors=etal}}</ref> Two species are common [[commensal]] organisms in the intestines of humans: ''[[Enterococcus faecalis|E. faecalis]]'' (90β95%) and ''[[Enterococcus faecium|E. faecium]]'' (5β10%). Rare clusters of infections occur with other species, including ''E. casseliflavus'', ''[[Enterococcus gallinarum|E. gallinarum]]'', and [[Enterococcus raffinosus|''E. raffinosus'']].<ref name="Gilmore_2002" />
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