Enterococcus faecalis ES-MS6 is a bacterium that was isolated from spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory.
16S sequence Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:26:08 |
| 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) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17126 | CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17126 | positive | growth | 28 |
| @ref | Sample type | Geographic location | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17126 | spacecraft-associated clean room class ISO 8, Herschel Space Observatory | Noordwijk, European Space Research and Technology Centre | Netherlands | NLD | Europe |
Global distribution of 16S sequence EU888509 (>99% sequence identity) for Enterococcus from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
3204 |
 Soil Samples |
1959 |
 Animal Samples |
70438 |
 Plant Samples |
1154 |
| Total Samples | 76755 |
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17126 | Enterococcus faecalis strain ES_MS6c 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence | EU888509 | 1316 |   | 1351 |
How to citeIf you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive5293.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
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