The Enterococcaceae are a family of

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

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placed in the order

Lactobacillales Lactobacillales are an order of gram-positive, low-GC, acid-tolerant, generally nonsporulating, nonrespiring, either rod-shaped (bacilli) or spherical ( cocci) bacteria that share common metabolic and physiological characteristics. These bac ...

. Representative genera include ''

Enterococcus ''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 ch ...

'', '' Melissococcus'', ''

Pilibacter ''Pilibacter'' is a genus of bacteria of the Enterococcaceae. This genus contains a single species, ''Pilibacter termitis'', strains of which were isolated from a termite (''Coptotermes formosanus'' Shiraki). Bacteria in this genus have been fou ...

'', ''

Tetragenococcus ''Tetragenococcus'' is a gram-positive, facultatively aerobic, moderately halophilic and nonmotile bacterial genus from the family of Enterococcaceae The Enterococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria placed in the order Lactobacilla ...

'', and '' Vagococcus''. In this family are some important

lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillales are an order of gram-positive, low-GC, acid-tolerant, generally nonsporulating, nonrespiring, either rod-shaped (bacilli) or spherical ( cocci) bacteria that share common metabolic and physiological characteristics. These bact ...

which produce

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as the major metabolic end product.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

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(LPSN) and

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(NCBI).

References

Lactobacillales {{lactobacilli-stub

Phylogeny

See also

References