''Vagococcus lutrae'' is a species 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 ...
,
coccus
Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archaea ...
-shaped bacteria from the genus ''
Vagococcus'' which was originally isolated from a otter (''
Lutra lutra
The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb. The most widely distributed member o ...
'').
[ It has also been recovered from pigs.]
References
Lactobacillales
Bacteria described in 1999
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