Name: Enterococcus faecalis MES 91
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 139526

Type strain:

Species: Enterococcus faecalis

Strain Designation: MES 91

Culture col. no.: CIP 110277, NCFB 610, NCIMB 8260, NCTC 8213, CECT 4176, NCDO 610, WDCM 00084

Strain history: CIP <- 2011, CECT <- 1991, NCIMB <- 1950, NCTC <- C.L Hannay, NIRD: strain MES 91

NCBI tax ID(s): 1351 (species)

SI-ID 59420

NCIMB 8260, CECT4176, NCTC8213, NCDO610, NCFB 610, CIP 110277

Special Collections

Other strains from Enterococcus faecalis

Section

Enterococcus faecalis MES 91 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Enterococcaceae.

coccus-shaped
Gram-positive
facultative anaerobe
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Bacilli*
	Order	*Lactobacillales*
	Family	*Enterococcaceae*
	Genus	*Enterococcus*
	Species	**Enterococcus faecalis**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Synonym

Streptococcus faecalis

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #41821]	Gram stain	positive

[Ref.: #41821]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

[Ref.: #41821]	Motility	no

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MEDIUM 29- Brain heart agar

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 72

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium

CIP Medium 29

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #41821]			growth	37 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

facultative anaerobe

	Metabolite utilization	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #41821]		nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction
[Ref.: #41821]		nitrite ChEBI	-	reduction

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #41821]		indole ChEBI	no

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68382]	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-chymotrypsin	+	3.4.21.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API zym
[Ref.: #41821]	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #68382]	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase (C 4)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	lipase (C 14)	-		* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	* from API zym
[Ref.: #68382]	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		* from API zym
[Ref.: #41821]	oxidase	-
[Ref.: #68382]	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	* from API zym
[Ref.: #41821]	urease	-	3.5.1.5
[Ref.: #68382]	valine arylamidase	-		* from API zym
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API® zym:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Control	2-naphthyl phosphateAlkaline phosphatase	2-naphthyl butyrateEsterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	2-naphthyl myristateLipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	N-benzoyl-DL-arginine-2-naphthylamideTrypsin	N-glutaryl-phenylalanine-2-naphthylamidealpha- Chymotrypsin	2-naphthyl phosphateAcid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-galactpyranosidealpha- Galactosidase	2-naphthyl-betaD-galactpyranosidebeta- Galactosidase	Naphthol-AS-BI-betaD-glucuronidebeta- Glucuronidase	2-naphthyl-alphaD-glucopyranosidealpha- Glucosidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-betaD-glucopyranosidebeta- Glucosidase	1-naphthyl-N-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminideN-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	6-Br-2-naphthyl-alphaD-mannopyranosidealpha- Mannosidase	2-naphthyl-alphaL-fucopyranosidealpha- Fucosidase
[Ref.: #41821]	12483	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #41821]	Sample type/isolated from	Human, Faeces
[Ref.: #41821]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Shinfield
[Ref.: #41821]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #41821]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #41821]	Continent	Europe
[Ref.: #41821]	Isolation date	1950

[Ref.: #41821]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Shinfield
[Ref.: #41821]	Country	United Kingdom
[Ref.: #41821]	Country ISO 3 Code	GBR
[Ref.: #41821]	Continent	Europe
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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (French classification)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

CIP 110277, NCFB 610, NCIMB 8260, NCTC 8213, CECT 4176, NCDO 610, WDCM 00084

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SI-ID 59420

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Pathogenicity	Simple additives to increase the activity of chlorhexidine digluconate against urinary pathogens.	Harper WE	Paraplegia	10.1038/sc.1983.12	1983	*

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 )

#41821 Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110277

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Automatically annotated from API zym .

#96012

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID59420.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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