Enterococcus durans

Enterococcus durans is a species of Enterococcus.<ref name="pmid11972684">,

 Differentiation and identification of Enterococcus durans, E. hirae and E. villorum, 
 J. Appl. Microbiol., 
 2002,
 Vol. 92(Issue: 5),
 pp. 821–7,
 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01586.x,
 PMID: 11972684,</ref>

It is a Gram-positive, catalase- and oxidase-negative, coccus bacterium. The organism is also a facultative anaerobe.<ref>Fisher K, Phillips C. The ecology, epidemiology and virulence of Enterococcus. Microbiology. 2009;155(6):1749-1757. doi:10.1099/mic.0.026385-0.</ref> Prior to 1984, it was known as Streptococcus durans.

Certain strains have also been identified as producers of anti-inflammatory agents, which are being studied in medical research.<ref>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</ref>

Further reading

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 Probiotic assessment of Enterococcus durans 6HL and Lactococcus lactis 2HL isolated from vaginal microflora, 
 Journal of Medical Microbiology, 
 
 Vol. 63(Issue: Part 8),
 pp. 1044–1051,
 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.074161-0,
 PMID: 24913559,

External links

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

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