Enterococcus cecorum (DSM 20683, NCDO 2669, A29)

Name: Enterococcus cecorum (DSM 20683, NCDO 2669, A29)
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BacDive ID 5322

Type strain

Strain Designation A29

Culture col. no. DSM 20683 NCDO 2669 A29

NCBI tax ID(s) 44008

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- NCDO <- L.A. Devriese, A29

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Enterococcus cecorum A29 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from caecum of chicken.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 49668

DSM 20683,NCDO 2669,NCIMB 702669

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:56

Domain Bacteria

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
5321	E. cecorum A60, A 60, DSM 20682, ATCC 43198, NCDO 2674, ... (type strain)
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

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
9005	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
9005	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

9005

Sample typecaecum of chicken

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
9005	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#9005	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20683
#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 )
#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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