''Enterococcus hirae'' is a species of ''
Enterococcus
''Enterococcus'' is a large genus of lactic acid bacteria of the phylum Bacillota. Enterococci are gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs (diplococci) or short chains, and are difficult to distinguish from streptococci on physical char ...
''.
Its type strain is NCDO 1258. It is involved in growth depression in young chickens and
endocarditis
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. It usually involves the heart valves. Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae, the mural endocardium, or the ...
and
sepsis
Sepsis, formerly known as septicemia (septicaemia in British English) or blood poisoning, is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This initial stage is follo ...
in humans.
References
Further reading
*Epidemiology of Enterococcus:
*Genome sequence:
External links
Type strain of ''Enterococcus hirae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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