Enterococcus faecalis (CIP 78.14, 228)

Name: Enterococcus faecalis (CIP 78.14, 228)
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BacDive ID 139058

Type strain

Strain Designation 228

Culture col. no. CIP 78.14 228

NCBI tax ID(s) 1351

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1978, Lab. Fournier, Clichy, France: strain 228 CIP <- 1978, Fournier Lab., Clichy, France: strain 228

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Enterococcus faecalis 228 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Enterococcaceae.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped facultative anaerobe Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 68273

CIP 78.14

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:24

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Enterococcaceae

Genus Enterococcus

Species Enterococcus faecalis

Full scientific name Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Synonyms (1)

Streptococcus faecalis

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Enterococcus faecalis** (183)	Type strain
5292	E. faecalis Tissier, DSM 20478, ATCC 19433, NCDO 581, ... (type strain)
130943	E. faecalis KB1, DSM 32036
130942	E. faecalis BLGJ-x-F-MMA-1-1, DSM 29488
5279	E. faecalis Portland, DSM 2570, ATCC 29212, WDCM 00087, ...
5280	E. faecalis DSM 2981, ATCC 14506, PCI 1325
5281	E. faecalis WS 1761, DSM 6134
5282	E. faecalis V347, DSM 8629, PIP pIP501
5283	E. faecalis pAMß1, pAMßI, V347, DSM 8630
5284	E. faecalis NJ-3, DSM 12956, ATCC 51299, WDCM 00085, ...
5285	E. faecalis 1528, vanA, RKI, DSM 13591, CIP 110054, WDCM ...
5286	E. faecalis Sp3/SB, DSM 14588
5287	E. faecalis 2409, DSM 20060
5288	E. faecalis 27738, DSM 20371
5289	E. faecalis 26487, DSM 20376
5290	E. faecalis 26703, DSM 20380
5291	E. faecalis 10C1, DSM 20409, ATCC 11700, NCIB 8661, CIP ...
5293	E. faecalis ES-MS6, DSM 30767
5294	E. faecalis Bergan strain H, DSM 24916, CCM 2541, WDCM ...
100250	E. faecalis
24002	E. faecalis 12, DSM 25643
134461	E. faecalis D29, 18935, CIP 54.30
134488	E. faecalis D6, E.W. 2225, CIP 54.42
134712	E. faecalis BM4654, CIP 110563
134813	E. faecalis T, CIP A186
134898	E. faecalis 726.86, CIP 102712
134994	E. faecalis D339, CIP 76.117
135318	E. faecalis AmMS 253, CIP 103631, ATCC 49478
135525	E. faecalis D44, CIP 54.35
135567	E. faecalis BM4539, CIP 110559, CIP 111253
135660	E. faecalis CIP A185
135940	E. faecalis 1528, CIP 106996
136229	E. faecalis AmMS 251, CIP 103630, ATCC 49477
136265	E. faecalis AmMS 260, CIP 104056, ATCC 51188
136374	E. faecalis A38, CIP 105042, CCUG 27882
136409	E. faecalis JH2, CIP 106126
136426	E. faecalis D45, CIP 54.36
136713	E. faecalis CIP pAT145
136721	E. faecalis CIP pAT191
137074	E. faecalis D4, CIP 54.29
137222	E. faecalis Elliot D15, CIP 103016, NCDO 1720
137223	E. faecalis D36, CIP 103017, NCDO 1620, NCTC 8744
137296	E. faecalis UV 202, CIP 105575
137313	E. faecalis JH2-2, CIP 106125
137332	E. faecalis UW 700/95, V583, CIP 106998, ATCC 700802
137435	E. faecalis H69 D5, CIP 53.152, ATCC 9854
137663	E. faecalis E-48, CIP 103905
137735	E. faecalis BM4110, CIP 103906
138748	E. faecalis CIP 102734
138888	E. faecalis BM6217, CIP 103907
139057	E. faecalis 228bis, CIP 78.19
139237	E. faecalis AmMS 161, CIP 104055, ATCC 49149
139526	E. faecalis MES 91, CIP 110277, NCFB 610, NCIMB 8260, ...
139527	E. faecalis CIP 100750, ATCC 33186, WDCM 00210
142757	E. faecalis CCUG 14473, ATCC 13398
142928	E. faecalis CCUG 15781
145308	E. faecalis CCUG 28136
145430	E. faecalis CCUG 28479, LMG 14368, LMG 15876
145496	E. faecalis CCUG 28687
145497	E. faecalis CCUG 28688
145502	E. faecalis CCUG 28693
146551	E. faecalis CCUG 31418
146868	E. faecalis CCUG 32334
147108	E. faecalis CCUG 32878
147712	E. faecalis CCUG 34062
147801	E. faecalis CCUG 34255
148268	E. faecalis CCUG 35128
149167	E. faecalis CCUG 36985
149229	E. faecalis CCUG 37305
149274	E. faecalis CCUG 37389
149716	E. faecalis CCUG 38272
150219	E. faecalis CCUG 39304
150467	E. faecalis CCUG 41372
150579	E. faecalis CCUG 41651
150641	E. faecalis CCUG 41843
150705	E. faecalis CCUG 41998
150930	E. faecalis CCUG 42768
151325	E. faecalis CCUG 43750
151377	E. faecalis CCUG 44011
151454	E. faecalis CCUG 44100
151489	E. faecalis CCUG 44142
151506	E. faecalis CCUG 44164
151523	E. faecalis CCUG 44206
151599	E. faecalis CCUG 44415 B
151872	E. faecalis CCUG 45101
152094	E. faecalis CCUG 45730
152303	E. faecalis CCUG 46386
152312	E. faecalis CCUG 46401
152440	E. faecalis CCUG 46790
152606	E. faecalis CCUG 47186
152774	E. faecalis CCUG 47594
152849	E. faecalis CCUG 47775
152850	E. faecalis CCUG 47776
152851	E. faecalis CCUG 47777
153110	E. faecalis CCUG 48513 A
153111	E. faecalis CCUG 48513 B
153620	E. faecalis CCUG 50322
153728	E. faecalis CCUG 50764
153804	E. faecalis CCUG 51203
153808	E. faecalis CCUG 51207
153823	E. faecalis CCUG 51276
153838	E. faecalis CCUG 51332
153870	E. faecalis CCUG 51453
154012	E. faecalis CCUG 51975
154139	E. faecalis CCUG 52538
154141	E. faecalis CCUG 52540
155032	E. faecalis CCUG 56167
155733	E. faecalis CCUG 59164
155753	E. faecalis CCUG 59212
156457	E. faecalis CCUG 61898
156657	E. faecalis CCUG 63956
156816	E. faecalis CCUG 65542
157350	E. faecalis IMI 349013
157685	E. faecalis UCD-PD3, DSM 108732
158931	E. faecalis BL-380-WT-3A, DSM 100906
158932	E. faecalis T_T2, DSM 110313
160029	E. faecalis Cla-CZ-94, DSM 109132
162862	E. faecalis JCM 20307, IAM 10065
162868	E. faecalis JCM 20313, IAM 10071
164072	E. faecalis JCM 31467
165938	E. faecalis JCM 8712, NBRC 100483
165939	E. faecalis JCM 8713, NBRC 100484
165965	E. faecalis JCM 8902, NCTC 12201
165967	E. faecalis JCM 8904, NCTC 12203
169220	E. faecalis Trib180-6-DD-B, S501, DSM 106192
169221	E. faecalis Cla-JM-2, DSM 110077
172714	E. faecalis 54, CRBIP19.269
172715	E. faecalis 11279, CRBIP19.270
172716	E. faecalis 78, 67B, CRBIP22.19
172717	E. faecalis Haazmann, 1, CRBIP22.52
172718	E. faecalis 775, 5, CRBIP22.53
172719	E. faecalis EW2225, 6, CRBIP22.54
172720	E. faecalis N83, 11, CRBIP22.55
172721	E. faecalis 367, 8122, CRBIP22.56
172722	E. faecalis 27, CRBIP22.57
172723	E. faecalis 41, 21, CRBIP22.58
172724	E. faecalis 42, 26, CRBIP22.59
172725	E. faecalis 48, 71, CRBIP22.60
172726	E. faecalis 49, 1821, CRBIP22.61
172727	E. faecalis 76, 90B, CRBIP22.62
172728	E. faecalis 77, 93B, CRBIP22.63
172729	E. faecalis 116, 190, CRBIP22.64
172730	E. faecalis 141, CRBIP22.65
172731	E. faecalis 172, 510, CRBIP22.66
172732	E. faecalis 205, 650, CRBIP22.67
172733	E. faecalis 209, 0648, CRBIP22.68
172734	E. faecalis 221, 811, CRBIP22.69
172735	E. faecalis 242, 1027, CRBIP22.70
172736	E. faecalis 255, 1197, CRBIP22.71
172737	E. faecalis 277, 1399, CRBIP22.72
172738	E. faecalis 289, 1919, CRBIP22.73
172739	E. faecalis 293, 2164, CRBIP22.74
172740	E. faecalis 298, 3171, CRBIP22.75
172741	E. faecalis 304, 2484, CRBIP22.76
172742	E. faecalis 311, 5706, CRBIP22.77
172743	E. faecalis 340, 7343, CRBIP22.78
172744	E. faecalis 375, 7747, CRBIP22.79
172745	E. faecalis 397, 9507, CRBIP22.80
172746	E. faecalis 412, 9455, CRBIP22.81
172747	E. faecalis 85 (254B), CRBIP22.84
172748	E. faecalis 407 (9882), CRBIP22.85
172749	E. faecalis 408 (9883), CRBIP22.86
172750	E. faecalis BM4405, CIP 111106
172751	E. faecalis BM4518, CIP 111107
172752	E. faecalis BM4391, VTD1, CIP 111149
172753	E. faecalis 310R1, BM4388, CIP 111159
172754	E. faecalis Ent26, WCH9, CIP 111226
172755	E. faecalis BM4519, Ent153, CIP 111227
172756	E. faecalis Ent310, BM4521, CIP 111229
172757	E. faecalis BM4539, Ent1236, CIP 111253
172758	E. faecalis 19-070, CIP 111860
174408	E. faecalis CLA-SR-172, DSM 111623
174409	E. faecalis HER1323 D3854, DSM 112153
174410	E. faecalis HER1339 8413, DSM 112155
174411	E. faecalis 113295, DSM 113295
174412	E. faecalis DSM 116622, NCCP 11511
174413	E. faecalis DSM 116624, NCCP 11514
174414	E. faecalis DSM 116625, NCCP 16130
174415	E. faecalis DSM 116626, NCCP 16131
174416	E. faecalis HUN086 (68A), HUN086, 68A, DSM 118056
178760	E. faecalis 1528, ST033700
178867	E. faecalis UW3658, ST033812
178868	E. faecalis UW3659, ST033813
178869	E. faecalis UW3553-1, ST033814

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
41089	positive	coccus-shaped

Colony morphology

41089

Hemolysis ability1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Composition	Medium link
41089	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood	Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
41089	CIP Medium 29		Medium recipe at CIP
41089	CIP Medium 6		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
41089	positive	growth	37
41089	positive	growth	10-45

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

41089

Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
41089	NaCl	positive	growth	6.5 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
41089	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis
41089	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
41089	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
41089	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
41089	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
41089	alcohol dehydrogenase	+	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
41089	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
41089	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
41089	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
41089	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
41089	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
41089	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
41089	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
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Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
41089	2	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#41089	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 78.14
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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