Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5524

Name

Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010

Members

genus	Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
genus	Bavariicoccus Schmidt et al. 2009
genus	Catellicoccus Lawson et al. 2006
genus	Melissococcus corrig. Bailey and Collins 1983
genus	Pilibacter Higashiguchi et al. 2006
genus	Tetragenococcus Collins et al. 1993
genus	Vagococcus Collins et al. 1990 emend. Hyun et al. 2021

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Lactobacillales Ludwig et al. 2010
family Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Enterococcaceae Ludwig et al. 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5524.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5524.xml


This information was last reviewed on October 11, 2017.

References

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Lawson PA, Collins MD, Falsen E, Foster G. Catellicoccus marimammalium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium from porpoise and grey seal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:429-432. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63874-0 [PubMed].
Higashiguchi DT, Husseneder C, Grace JK, Berestecky JM. Pilibacter termitis gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactic acid bacterium from the hindgut of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:15-20. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63543-0 [PubMed].
Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Enterococcaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity G, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 3, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2009, p. 594.