
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5526
Name	Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Preferred Name	Enterococcus faecalis
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5526
Type Strain representative organism	NCDO 581^T (=NCTC 775 =JCM 5803 =ATCC 19433 =DSM 20478)


Proper Form	Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984
Nomenclatural History	The species Enterococcus faecalis was originally described and validly published by Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984. Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz formed this name in 1984 by placing the species Streptococcus faecalis Andrewes and Horder 1906 (Approved Lists 1980) into the genus Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Enterococcus faecalis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5526.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5526.xml


This information was last reviewed on June 30, 2016.

References

Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Bälz R. Transfer of Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium to the genus Enterococcus nom. rev. as Enterococcus faecalis comb. nov. and Enterococcus faecium comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:31-34. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-1-31.