Enterococcus durans explained

Enterococcus durans is a species of Enterococcus.^[1] It is a gram-positive, catalase- and oxidase-negative, coccus bacterium. The organism is also a facultative anaerobic organism.^[2] Prior to 1984, it was known as Streptococcus durans.^[3]

Certain strains have also been identified as producers of anti-inflammatory agents, which are being studied in medical research.^[4]

Further reading

• Nami . Yousef . Abdullah . Norhafizah . Haghshenas . Babak . Radiah . Dayang. Rosli . Rozita . Khosroushahi . Ahmad . Probiotic assessment of Enterococcus durans 6HL and Lactococcus lactis 2HL isolated from vaginal microflora . Journal of Medical Microbiology . August 2014 . 63 . Part 8 . 1044–1051. 10.1099/jmm.0.074161-0 . 24913559. free .

External links

• Type strain of Enterococcus durans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Devriese LA, Vancanneyt M, Descheemaeker P . Differentiation and identification of Enterococcus durans, E. hirae and E. villorum . J. Appl. Microbiol. . 92 . 5 . 821–7 . 2002 . 11972684 . 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01586.x. etal. free .
2. Fisher K, Phillips C. The ecology, epidemiology and virulence of Enterococcus. Microbiology. 2009;155(6):1749-1757. doi:10.1099/mic.0.026385-0.
3. Collins . M. D. . Jones . D. . Farrow . J. A. E. . Kilpper-Bälz . R. . Schleifer . K. H. . 1984 . Enterococcus avium nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. casseliflavus nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. durans nom. rev., comb. nov.; E. gallinarum comb. nov.; and E. malodoratus sp. nov. . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 34 . 2 . 220–223 . 10.1099/00207713-34-2-220 . 1466-5034. free .
4. Carasi, P., Racedo, S. M., Jacquot, C., Elie, A. M., Serradell, M. de los Á., & Urdaci, M. C. (2017). Enterococcus durans EP1 a Promising Anti-inflammatory Probiotic Able to Stimulate sIgA and to Increase Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Abundance. Frontiers in Immunology, 8, 88. http://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00088