Name: Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
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: masculine (stem: Enterococc-)
Type species: Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 63
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 69
Total number of child taxa: 87
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 | preferred name (not 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 (not correct 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 (not correct 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 (not correct name) |
"Enterococcus coli" Ho et al. 2003 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct 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 (not correct 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 hawaiiensis" Ben Belgacem et al. 2009 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct 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 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 (not correct 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 (not correct name) |
"Enterococcus mediterraneensis" Takakura et al. 2019 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct 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 (not correct 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 (not correct 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 (not correct 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 (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Enterococcus stercoravium" Gilroy et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Candidatus Enterococcus stercoripullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Enterococcus sulfureus Martinez-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" Fonkou et al. 2018 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
"Enterococcus timonensis" Mbogning Fonkou et al. 2019 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
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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