Enterococcus cecorum (DSM 20682, ATCC 43198, NCDO 2674)

Name: Enterococcus cecorum (DSM 20682, ATCC 43198, NCDO 2674)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 5321

Type strain

Strain Designation A60, A 60

Culture col. no. DSM 20682 ATCC 43198 NCDO 2674 CCUG 27299 A60 12 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1121864 44008

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

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Enterococcus cecorum A60 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, Gram-positive prokaryote that was isolated from caecum of chicken.

Gram-positive coccus-shaped microaerophile mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 10169

LMG 12902,ATCC 43198,DSM 20682,NCFB 2674,LMG 11741,NCDO 2674,JCM 8724,CCUG 27299,CIP 103676,NCIMB 702674,CCM 3659,CIP 102913,CECT 4088,KCTC 3642,AS 1.2139,NCTC 12421,NBRC 100674,CNCTC 7139,CGMCC 1.2139

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Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:02

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Enterococcaceae

Genus Enterococcus

Species Enterococcus cecorum

Full scientific name Enterococcus cecorum (Devriese et al. 1983) Williams et al. 1989

Synonyms (1)

Streptococcus cecorum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Enterococcus cecorum** (9)	Type strain
5322	E. cecorum A29, DSM 20683, NCDO 2669
135471	E. cecorum S593, CIP 105043, CCUG 27881
138144	E. cecorum S529, CIP 105021, CCUG 27885
139778	E. cecorum AC 1501, DSM 11364
144958	E. cecorum
145203	E. cecorum CCUG 27884
150064	E. cecorum CCUG 38939
159076	E. cecorum WCA-380-WT-3C, DSM 100908
160189	E. cecorum Cla-CZ-2, DSM 109010

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
117227	positive	coccus-shaped
125438	positive			91.704

Colony morphology

9004

Incubation period1-2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
9004	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base
9004	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
40759	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)
117227	CIP Medium 6	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
9004	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
40759	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
9004	microaerophile
48706	microaerophile
117227	facultative anaerobe
125439	microaerophile	97.6

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
9004	A11.31	A4alpha L-Lys-D-Asp

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68381	40585 ChEBI	alpha-cyclodextrin	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR
68381	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17716 ChEBI	lactose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
117227	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
117227	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68381	27941 ChEBI	pullulan	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from	from API rID32STR
68381	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API rID32STR

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		from API rID32STR
117227	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
68381	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	+	from API rID32STR

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68381	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidase	-		from API rID32STR
68381	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API rID32STR
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
68381	alpha-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.22	from API rID32STR
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68381	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API rID32STR
68381	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-galactosidase	+	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68381	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68381	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API rID32STR
68382	beta-glucuronidase	+	3.2.1.31	from API zym
9004	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
117227	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
9004	cytochrome-c oxidase	-	1.9.3.1
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68381	glycyl tryptophan arylamidase	+		from API rID32STR
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68381	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API rID32STR
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	+	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
117227	oxidase	-
68381	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	from API rID32STR
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68381	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API rID32STR
117227	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	acetoin degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	100	9 of 9
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	valine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	photosynthesis	85.71	12 of 14
66794	threonine metabolism	80	8 of 10
66794	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	vitamin K metabolism	80	4 of 5
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	purine metabolism	68.09	64 of 94
66794	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	66.67	12 of 18
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolysis	64.71	11 of 17
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
66794	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	60	27 of 45
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	60	6 of 10
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	59.34	54 of 91
66794	alanine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	propanol degradation	57.14	4 of 7
66794	polyamine pathway	56.52	13 of 23
66794	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
66794	non-pathway related	55.26	21 of 38
66794	histidine metabolism	55.17	16 of 29
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	54.55	6 of 11
66794	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
66794	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	53.57	15 of 28
66794	adipate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	propionate fermentation	50	5 of 10
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
66794	biotin biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	tryptophan metabolism	50	19 of 38
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	50	13 of 26
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	degradation of pentoses	50	14 of 28
66794	dolichol and dolichyl phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
66794	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	lysine metabolism	47.62	20 of 42
66794	degradation of hexoses	44.44	8 of 18
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	44.44	4 of 9
66794	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	42.86	6 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
66794	mevalonate metabolism	42.86	3 of 7
66794	lipid metabolism	41.94	13 of 31
66794	cellulose degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	flavin biosynthesis	40	6 of 15
66794	degradation of sugar acids	40	10 of 25
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	urea cycle	38.46	5 of 13
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	37.5	6 of 16
66794	proline metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	ascorbate metabolism	36.36	8 of 22
66794	d-xylose degradation	36.36	4 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	tyrosine metabolism	35.71	5 of 14
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	33.33	4 of 12
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	30	3 of 10
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	25	4 of 16
66794	sulfate reduction	23.08	3 of 13
66794	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9

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
117227	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-

API rID32STR

@ref	ADH (Arg)	beta GLU	beta GAR	beta GUR	alpha GAL	PAL	RIB	MAN	SOR	LAC	TRE	RAF	SAC	LARA	DARL	Acid from alpha-cyclodextrinCDEX	Acetoin production (Voges Proskauer test)VP	Alanyl-Phenylalanyl-Proline arylamidaseAPPA	beta GAL	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	N-Acetyl-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Glycyl-tryptophan arylamidaseGTA	HIP	GLYG	PUL	MAL	MEL	MLZ	Acidification of methyl beta-D-glucopyranosideMbeta DG	TAG	beta MAN	URE
9004	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+/-	-
9004	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Birds	#Chicken
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Large intestine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
9004	caecum of chicken
48706	Chicken caecum
67770	Chicken caecum		Belgium	BEL	Europe
117227	Animal, Chicken, ceca	Ghent	Belgium	BEL	Europe	1980

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC096213 (>99% sequence identity) for Enterococcus cecorum subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	4501
Soil Samples	1785
Animal Samples	34006
Plant Samples	923
Total Samples	41215

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9004	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
117227		2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	41594_C01 assembly for Enterococcus cecorum NCTC12421	complete	GCA_900474605	44008.68	8046206706	44008	96.27
66792	Ente_ceco_ATCC43198_V1 assembly for Enterococcus cecorum DSM 20682 = ATCC 43198	contig	GCA_000407565	1121864.4	2541047997	1121864	75.58
66792	Ente_ceco_ATCC43198_V2 assembly for Enterococcus cecorum DSM 20682 = ATCC 43198	scaffold	GCA_000492155	1121864.6	2558860907	1121864	73.99
66792	ASM37974v1 assembly for Enterococcus cecorum DSM 20682 = ATCC 43198	scaffold	GCA_000379745	1121864.3	2515154031	1121864	66.7
66792	DSM 20682 assembly for Enterococcus cecorum DSM 20682 = ATCC 43198	contig	GCA_947055815	1121864.10		1121864	62.64
66792	ASM188588v1 assembly for Enterococcus cecorum DSM 20682 = ATCC 43198	contig	GCA_001885885	1121864.8		1121864	61.34

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Enterococcus cecorum strain ATCC 43198 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, partial sequence	DQ217843	190	1121864
20218	Enterococcus cecorum 16S rRNA gene	Y18355	1409	1121864
9004	Enterococcus cecorum 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF061009	1509	1121864
67770	Enterococcus cecorum 16S rRNA gene, strain LMG 12902	AJ301827	1667	1121864
67770	Enterococcus cecorum gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8724	LC096213	1498	44008
124043	Enterococcus cecorum gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 100674.	AB681217	1481	1121864
124043	Enterococcus cecorum DSM 20682 = ATCC 43198 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK322651	1291	1121864
124043	Enterococcus cecorum strain DSM -20682 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	KX674342	410	44008
124043	Enterococcus cecorum DSM 20682 = ATCC 43198 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer, complete sequence and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	MK322660	4224	1121864
124043	E.cecorum 16S rRNA gene, partial (strain CCUG 27299)	Y12917	366	44008

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
9004	37.0
67770	37

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Enterococcus cecorum strain NCTC12421
PATRIC: 44008.68

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	microaerophile	97.60	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	70.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	53.50	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	61.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Enterococcus cecorum NCTC12421
NCBI: GCA_900474605.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	91.70	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	85.39	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	96.90	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	80.50	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.43	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	88.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Comparison of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Enterococcus cecorum strains from different animal species.	Jung A, Metzner M, Ryll M.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-017-0949-y	2017
Enzymology	MicrobeRX: a tool for enzymatic-reaction-based metabolite prediction in the gut microbiome.	Ruiz-Moreno AJ, Del Castillo-Izquierdo A, Tamargo-Rubio I, Fu J.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-025-02070-5	2025
Enzymology	Colonization patterns of Enterococcus cecorum in two different broiler production cycles detected with a newly developed quantitative real-time PCR.	Jung A, Petersen H, Teske L, Rautenschlein S.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-017-1021-7	2017
Genetics	Comparative genomic analysis identifies divergent genomic features of pathogenic Enterococcus cecorum including a type IC CRISPR-Cas system, a capsule locus, an epa-like locus, and putative host tissue binding proteins.	Borst LB, Suyemoto MM, Scholl EH, Fuller FJ, Barnes HJ.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0121294	2015
Metabolism	ISC, a Novel Group of Bacterial and Archaeal DNA Transposons That Encode Cas9 Homologs.	Kapitonov VV, Makarova KS, Koonin EV.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00783-15	2015
	A Complementary Isothermal Amplification Method to the U.S. EPA Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach for the Detection of Enterococci in Environmental Waters.	Kolm C, Martzy R, Brunner K, Mach RL, Krska R, Heinze G, Sommer R, Reischer GH, Farnleitner AH.	Environ Sci Technol	10.1021/acs.est.7b01074	2017
	Streptococcus thermophilus Biofilm Formation: A Remnant Trait of Ancestral Commensal Life?	Couvigny B, Therial C, Gautier C, Renault P, Briandet R, Guedon E.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0128099	2015
	Humic acid reduction by propionibacterium freudenreichii and other fermenting bacteria	Benz M, Schink B, Brune A.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.64.11.4507-4512.1998	1998
	Characterization of pathogenic Enterococcus cecorum from different poultry groups: Broiler chickens, layers, turkeys, and waterfowl.	Dolka B, Chrobak-Chmiel D, Czopowicz M, Szeleszczuk P.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0185199	2017
Enzymology	Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Enterococcus cecorum strains associated with infections in poultry.	Dolka B, Chrobak-Chmiel D, Makrai L, Szeleszczuk P.	BMC Vet Res	10.1186/s12917-016-0761-1	2016
Enzymology	Recurrent bacteremic peritonitis caused by Enterococcus cecorum in a patient with liver cirrhosis.	Hsueh PR, Teng LJ, Chen YC, Yang PC, Ho SW, Luh KT.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.6.2450-2452.2000	2000
Phylogeny	Characterization of intestinal microbiota and response to dietary virginiamycin supplementation in the broiler chicken.	Dumonceaux TJ, Hill JE, Hemmingsen SM, Van Kessel AG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.72.4.2815-2823.2006	2006
Enzymology	Biomimetic Bacterial Identification Platform Based on Thermal Wave Transport Analysis (TWTA) through Surface-Imprinted Polymers.	Steen Redeker E, Eersels K, Akkermans O, Royakkers J, Dyson S, Nurekeyeva K, Ferrando B, Cornelis P, Peeters M, Wagner P, Dilien H, van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ.	ACS Infect Dis	10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00037	2017
Phylogeny	Sequencing the gene encoding manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase for rapid species identification of enterococci.	Poyart C, Quesnes G, Trieu-Cuot P.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.1.415-418.2000	2000
Phylogeny	Identification of clinically relevant enterococcus species by direct sequencing of groES and spacer region.	Tsai JC, Hsueh PR, Lin HM, Chang HJ, Ho SW, Teng LJ.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.1.235-241.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Evaluation of a rapid direct assay for identification of bacteria and the mec A and van genes from positive-testing blood cultures.	Eigner U, Weizenegger M, Fahr AM, Witte W.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.10.5256-5262.2005	2005
Phylogeny	Identification of Enterococcus species and phenotypically similar Lactococcus and Vagococcus species by reverse checkerboard hybridization to chaperonin 60 gene sequences.	Goh SH, Facklam RR, Chang M, Hill JE, Tyrrell GJ, Burns EC, Chan D, He C, Rahim T, Shaw C, Hemmingsen SM.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.11.3953-3959.2000	2000
	Evidence for horizontal gene transfer in evolution of elongation factor Tu in enterococci.	Ke D, Boissinot M, Huletsky A, Picard FJ, Frenette J, Ouellette M, Roy PH, Bergeron MG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.182.24.6913-6920.2000	2000
	Development of a PCR assay for rapid detection of enterococci.	Ke D, Picard FJ, Martineau F, Menard C, Roy PH, Ouellette M, Bergeron MG.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.11.3497-3503.1999	1999
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#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
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