Enterococcus
See also: enterococcus
Translingual
Enterococcus faecalis
Etymology
From English entero- (“of the intestines”) + -coccus (“spherical bacteria”), from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “gut, bowel”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Proper noun
Enterococcus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Enterococcaceae – gram-positive bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Firmicutes - phylum; Bacilli - class; Lactobacillales - order; Enterococcaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Enterococcus faecalis - type species; Enterococcus casseliflavus - selected other species
Related terms
- Streptococcus
Descendants
- VRE
References
Enterococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Enterococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Enterococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Enterococcus at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Enterococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database