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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Lactobacillales > Enterococcaceae > Enterococcus > Enterococcus faecalis

Preferred term

Enterococcus faecalis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Streptococcus faecalis
  • Streptococcus Group D

Note

  • infection: coord IM with GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM); do not confuse with ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM

Scope note

  • A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens and the human intestinal tract. Most strains are nonhemolytic.

History note

  • 92; was STREPTOCOCCUS FAECALIS 1963-91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013293

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