Enterococcus

Enterococcus
Enterococcus sp. infection in pulmonary tissue
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin & Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer & Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Species[1]
E. alcedinis[1] E. aquimarinus[1] E. asini[1] E. avium[1] E. bulliens[1] E. burkinafasonensis[1] E. caccae[1] E. camelliae[1] E. canintestini[1] E. canis[1] E. casseliflavus[1] E. cecorum[1] E. columbae[1] E. crotali[1] E. devriesei[1] E. diestrammenae[1] E. dispar[1] E. durans[1] E. eurekensis[1] E. faecalis[1] E. faecium[1] E. gallinarum[1] E. gilvus[1] E. haemoperoxidus[1] E. hermanniensis[1] E. hirae[1] E. hulanensis[1] E. innesii[1] E. italicus[1] E. lactis[1] E. lemanii[1] E. malodoratus[1] E. massiliensis[1] E. mediterraneensis[1] E. moraviensis[1] E. mundtii[1] E. olivae[1] E. pallens[1] E. phoeniculicola[1] E. plantarum[1] E. pseudoavium[1] E. quebecensis[1] E. raffinosus[1] E. ratti[1] E. rivorum[1] E. rotai[1] E. saccharolyticus[1] E. saigonensis[1] E. silesiacus[1] E. sulfureus[1] E. solitarius E. songbeiensis[1] E. termitis[1] E. thailandicus[1] E. ureasiticus[1] E. ureilyticus[1] E. viikkiensis[1] E. villorum[1] E. wangshanyuanii[1] E. xiangfangensis[1] E. xinjiangensis[1]

Enterococcus is a large genus of lactic acid bacteria of the phylum Bacillota. Enterococci are Gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs (diplococci) or short chains, and are difficult to distinguish from streptococci on physical characteristics alone.^[2] Two species are common commensal organisms in the intestines of humans: E. faecalis (90–95%) and E. faecium (5–10%). Rare clusters of infections occur with other species, including E. casseliflavus, E. gallinarum, and E. raffinosus.^[2]