Name: Enterococcus faecalis 27738
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5288

Type strain:

Species: Enterococcus faecalis

Strain Designation: 27738

Culture col. no.: DSM 20371

Strain history: <- Kiel, 27738

NCBI tax ID(s): 1351 (species)

SI-ID 2254

LMG 11395, DSM 20371

Special Collections

DSMZ

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Section

Enterococcus faecalis 27738 is a microaerophile bacterium that was isolated from pleural fluid.

microaerophile
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

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Incubation period

1-2 days

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

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Culture medium

TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #8625]			growth	37 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

microaerophile

[Ref.: #8625]	Murein short key	A11.06
[Ref.: #8625]	Murein types	A3alpha L-Lys-L-Ala₃

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

[Ref.: #8625]	Sample type/isolated from	pleural fluid
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Isolation sources categories

#Host Body Product	#Oral cavity and Airways	#Pleural fluid
#Infection	#Patient	-

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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 (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 20371

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SI-ID 2254

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Separation of the poly(glycerophosphate) lipoteichoic acids of Enterococcus faecalis Kiel 27738, Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 and Leuconostoc mesenteroides DSM 20343 into molecular species by affinity chromatography on concanavalin A.	Leopold K, Fischer W	Eur J Biochem	10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15839.x	1991	*

References

#8625

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20371

#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 )

#74778

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-ID2254.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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