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Genus of bacteria

Vagococcus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Enterococcaceae
Genus: Vagococcus
Collins, et al. 1989
Species

V. acidifermentans
V. allomyrinae
V. bubulae
V. carniphilus
V. coleopterorum
V. elongatus
V. entomophilus
V. fessus
V. fluvialis
V. humatus
V. hydrophili
V. intermedius
V. jeotgali
V. luciliae
V. lutrae
V. martis
V. penaei
V. proximus
V. salmoninarum
V. silagei
V. teuberi
V. vulneris
V. xieshaowenii

Vagococcus is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. They are motile or nonmotile cocci which do not form spores. The name Vagococcus comes from Latin adjective vagus meaning wandering; and the Greek noun coccus a grain or berry, Vagococcus - wandering coccus, because Vagococcus fluvialis and some other Vagococcus species are motile, an unusual property for a lactic acid bacteria.

History

The first Vagococcus species, Vagococcus fluvialis, was isolated from chicken feces in 1974. However, the genus was not recognized as distinct until 1989.

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Vagococcus". lpsn.dsmz.de.
  2. ^ Wang L; Cui YS; Kwon CS; Lee ST; Lee JS; Im WT (2011). "Vagococcus acidifermentans sp. nov., isolated from an acideogenic fermentation bioreactor". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61: 1123–1126. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022087-0. PMID 20543153.
  3. Collins MD; Ash C; Farrow JAE; Wallbanks S; Williams AM (1989). "16S Ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of Vagococcus fluvialis gen. nov., sp. nov". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 67: 453–460. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1989.tb02516.x. PMID 2479630.

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Taxon identifiers
Vagococcus
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