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Firmicutes => Bacilli => Lactobacillales => Enterococcaceae => Enterococcus => Enterococcus saccharolyticus (Farrow et al. 1985)
Rodrigues and Collins 1991.
Historical synonym: Streptococcus saccharolyticus Farrow et al. 1985.
Rodrigues and Collins 1991.
Historical synonym: Streptococcus saccharolyticus Farrow et al. 1985.
Gram-positive cocci, grouped in pairs or short chains. Non-motile.
Non-hemolytic, non-pigmented colonies. Strains do not survive at 60 °C for 30 min.
Facultatively anaerobic. Growth occurs at 10 and 45 °C. Growth in broth containing
6.5% NaCl is variable (weak positive).
Facultatively anaerobic. Growth occurs at 10 and 45 °C. Growth in broth containing
6.5% NaCl is variable (weak positive).
Isolated from cow feces and from straw bedding.
Unknown.
- Pavel Svec and Luc A. Devriese, 2009: Genus I. Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz
1984, 32VP in Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume Three, Vos, P.D.; Garrity, G.; Jones, D.;
Krieg, N.R.; Ludwig, W.; Rainey, F.A.; Schleifer, K.-H.; Whitman, W.B. (Eds.), pp 594-606.
Positive results for leucine arylamidase, alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase,
beta-glucuronidase, esculin hydrolysis, acid production from: N-acetylglucosamine,
D-arabitol, amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, D-fructose, galactose, beta-gentiobiose,
D-glucose, inulin, 2-keto-gluconate, lactose, melezitose, maltose, mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose, alpha-methyl-D-glucoside,
D-raffinose, ribose, sorbitol, starch, sucrose, trehalose & D-turanose.
Negative results for pyruvate utilization, alkaline phosphatase, arginine dehydrolase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, acetoin production,
hippurate hydrolysis, acid production from: adonitol, D- or L-arabinose, L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D- or L-fucose, gluconate,
glycerol, glycogen, inositol, 5-keto-gluconate, D-lyxose, alpha-methyl-D-mannoside, rhamnose, D-tagatose, xylitol, D- or L-xylose.
beta-glucuronidase, esculin hydrolysis, acid production from: N-acetylglucosamine,
D-arabitol, amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, D-fructose, galactose, beta-gentiobiose,
D-glucose, inulin, 2-keto-gluconate, lactose, melezitose, maltose, mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose, alpha-methyl-D-glucoside,
D-raffinose, ribose, sorbitol, starch, sucrose, trehalose & D-turanose.
Negative results for pyruvate utilization, alkaline phosphatase, arginine dehydrolase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, acetoin production,
hippurate hydrolysis, acid production from: adonitol, D- or L-arabinose, L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D- or L-fucose, gluconate,
glycerol, glycogen, inositol, 5-keto-gluconate, D-lyxose, alpha-methyl-D-mannoside, rhamnose, D-tagatose, xylitol, D- or L-xylose.
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