Name: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: En.te.ro.coc’cus. Gr. neut. n. enteron, intestine; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Enterococcus, intestinal coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Enterococc-), en-te-ro-KOK-kus

Type species: Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Bälz R. Transfer of Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium to the genus Enterococcus nom. rev. as Enterococcus faecalis comb. nov. and Enterococcus faecium comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:31-34. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Enterococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 594. 🇧🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Andrewes FW, Horder TJ. A study of the streptococci pathogenic for man. Lancet 1906; 2:708-713.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Eatterococcus"; "Eenterococcus"; "Emerococcus"; "Enetecoccus"; "Eneterococcus"; "Enferococcus"; "Enlcrococcus"; "Enlerococcus"; "Enrerococcus"; "Entcrococcus"; "Entecoccus"; "Entecococcus"; "Entemoccus"; "Enteracaccus"; "Entercoccus"; "Enterecoccus"; "Enterecoceus"; "Entereococcus"; "Enterncoccus"; "Enterocaccus"; "Enteroccoccus"; "Enteroccocus"; "Enteroccous"; "Enteroccus"; "Enterocmcus"; "Enterococci"; "Enterococciis"; "Enterococcous"; "Enterocococus"; "Enterococus"; "Enterococuus"; "Enterocoecus"; "Enterocotvus"; "Enterocuccus"; "Enteroooccus"; "Enteroroccus"; "Enterrococcus"; "Enterucoccus"; "Entreococcus"; "Entrococcus"; "Enwrococcus"; "Eterococcus"; "Faterococcus".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Klein G. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 1 and 2 April 2005, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2501-2503.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Mattarelli P, Felis GE, Pot B, Holzapfel WH, Franz CMAP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 3 September 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5892. 🇮🇹
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Svec et al. (2012), Chan et al. (2025), Li and Gu (2021), Collins et al. (1991), Techo et al. (2019). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 48; CCUG: 47; LMG: 45; NBRC: 33; ATCC: 31; CCM: 24; CIP: 23; NCIMB: 23; JCM: 21; NCTC: 13.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ENCO" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See also Ruoff (1990). Publication: Ruoff KL. Recent taxonomic changes in the genus Enterococcus. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1990; 9:75-79.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 66
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 72
Total number of child taxa: 90

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Enterococcus alcedinis Frolková et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus alishanensis Chung et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus aquimarinus Švec et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus asini de Vaux et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Enterococcus avicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Enterococcus avium (ex Nowlan and Deibel 1967) Collins et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus bovis" Udo et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus bulliens Kadri et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus burkinafasonensis" Gouba et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus caccae Carvalho et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus camelliae Sukontasing et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus canintestini Naser et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus canis De Graef et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus casseliflavus (ex Vaughan et al. 1979) Collins et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus cecorum (Devriese et al. 1983) Williams et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus cloacae" Matsuyoshi et al. 1992	not validly published	preferred name
    "Enterococcus coli" Ho et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus columbae Devriese et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus crotali McLaughlin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus devriesei Švec et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus diestrammenae Kim et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus dispar Collins et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus dongliensis Li and Gu 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus durans (ex Sherman and Wing 1937) Collins et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus entomosocium" Gomes et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus eurekensis Cotta et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus faecium (Orla-Jensen 1919) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus flavescens Pompei et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Enterococcus florum Techo et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus gallinarum (Bridge and Sneath 1982) Collins et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus gilvus Tyrrell et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus haemoperoxidus Švec et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus hailinensis Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus hawaiiensis" Ben Belgacem et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus hermanniensis Koort et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus hirae Farrow and Collins 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus hulanensis Li and Gu 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus immobilis Huang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus infantis Chan et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus innesii Gooch et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus italicus Fortina et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus lacertideformus" Agius et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus lactis Morandi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus larvae Kim et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus lemanii Cotta et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus malodoratus (ex Pette 1955) Collins et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus massiliensis" Le Page et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    "Enterococcus mediterraneensis" Takakura et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus montenegrensis Daza-Prieto et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus moraviensis Švec et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus mundtii Collins et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus nangangensis Li and Gu 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus olivae Lucena-Padrós et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus pallens Tyrrell et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus pernyi" Wang et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus phoeniculicola Law-Brown and Meyers 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus pingfangensis Li and Gu 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus plantarum Švec et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus porcinus Teixeira et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Enterococcus pseudoavium Collins et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus quebecensis Sistek et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus raffinosus Collins et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus ratti Teixeira et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus rattus" Zhang et al. 1999	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus rivorum Niemi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus rotai Sedláček et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus saccharolyticus (Farrow et al. 1985) Rodrigues and Collins 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus saccharominimus Vancanneyt et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Enterococcus saigonensis Harada et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus sanguinicola" Carvalho et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    Enterococcus seriolicida Kusuda et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Enterococcus silesiacus Švec et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus solitarius Collins et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Enterococcus songbeiensis Li and Gu 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus spodopteracolus" Gomes et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Enterococcus stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Enterococcus stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Enterococcus sulfureus Martínez-Murcia and Collins 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus termitis Švec et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus thailandicus Tanasupawat et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Enterococcus timonensis" Mbogning Fonkou et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Enterococcus timonensis" Fonkou et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Enterococcus ureasiticus Sistek et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus ureilyticus Sedláček et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus viikkiensis Rahkila et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus villorum Vancanneyt et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus wangshanyuanii Jin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus xiangfangensis Li et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Enterococcus xinjiangensis Ren et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Enterococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 594. 🇧🇪

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