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Enterococcaceae
Enterococcus sp. infection in pulmonary tissue.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae Garrity et al. 2001
Genera
Bavariicoccus Catellicoccus Enterococcus Melissococcus Pilibacter Tetragenococcus Vagococcus

The Enterococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria placed in the order Lactobacillales. Representative genera include Enterococcus, Melissococcus, Pilibacter, Tetragenococcus, and Vagococcus. In this family are some important lactic acid bacteria which produce lactic acid as the major metabolic end product.

References

1. ^ Vos, P.; Garrity, G.; Jones, D.; Krieg, N.R.; Ludwig, W.; Rainey, F.A.; Schleifer, K.-H.; Whitman, W.B. (September 15, 2009) . George M. Garrity (ed.). The Firmicutes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1450. ISBN 978-0-387-95041-9. British Library no. GBA561951.

External links

• Enterococcaceae J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

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