Species ***Enterococcus* *durans***

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Bacilli Lactobacillales Enterococcaceae Enterococcus Enterococcus durans

Name: Enterococcus durans (ex Sherman and Wing 1937) Collins et al. 1984

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: du’rans. L. masc. part. adj. durans, hardening, resisting

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-KOK-kus DU-rans, masculine

Type strain: 98D; ATCC 19432; CCM 5612; DSM 20633; NCDO 596; NCFB 596; NCTC 8307

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ276354 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Jones D, Farrow JAE, Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:220-223. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptococcus durans (Collins et al. 1984 ex Sherman and Wing 1937) Knight et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07008 (N = 1).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA, ht". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 415 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Streptococcus durans". Publication: Knight RG, Shlaes DM, Messineo L. Deoxyribonucleic acid relatedness among major human enterococci. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:327-331.

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

Assigned by: Collins MD, Jones D, Farrow JAE, Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:220-223. 🇬🇧

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