Enterococcus

From English entero- (“of the intestines”) +‎ -coccus (“spherical bacteria”), from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “gut, bowel”) +‎ κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

Enterococcus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterococcaceae – gram-positive bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them.

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Lactobacillales – order; Enterococcaceae – family

• (genus): Enterococcus faecalis – type species; Enterococcus casseliflavus, Enterococcus faecium – selected other species

• Streptococcus

• VRE

• Enterococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Enterococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Enterococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Enterococcus at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Enterococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database