Vagococcus lutrae

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Vagococcus lutrae
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Enterococcaceae
Genus: Vagococcus
Species:
V. lutrae
Binomial name
Vagococcus lutrae
Lawson et al. 1999 [1]
Type strain [2]
CCUG 39187

Vagococcus lutrae is a species of Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacteria from the genus Vagococcus which was originally isolated from a otter ( Lutra lutra ). [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] Vagococcus lutrae can cause infection in humans in rare cases. [4] [6] It has also been recovered from pigs. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Species: Vagococcus lutrae". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. 1 2 Lawson, Paul A.; Foster, Geoffrey; Falsen, Enevold; Ohlén, Maria; Collins, Matthew D. (1 July 1999). "Note: Vagococcus lutrae sp. nov., isolated from the common otter (Lutra lutra)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 49 (3): 1251–1254. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1251 . PMID   10425788.
  3. ↑ "Vagococcus lutrae". www.uniprot.org.
  4. 1 2 Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2008). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the species Vagococcus lutrae Lawson et al. 1999". doi:10.1601/tx.5565.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Garcia, V.; Abat, C.; Rolain, J.-M. (January 2016). "Report of the first Vagococcus lutrae human infection, Marseille, France". New Microbes and New Infections. 9: 56–57. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.008 . PMC   4708070 . PMID   26862437.
  6. ↑ Altintas, I.; Andrews, V.; Larsen, M.V. (2020-01-07). "First reported human bloodstream infection with Vagococcus lutrae". New Microbes and New Infections. 34 100649. doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100649. PMC   7013004 . PMID   32071726.
  7. ↑ Matajira, C.E.C.; Poor, A.P.; Moreno, L.Z.; Monteiro, M.S.; Dalmutt, A.C.; Gomes, V.T.M.; Dutra, M.C.; Barbosa, M.R.F.; Sato, M.I.Z.; Moreno, A.M. (2020-11-30). "Vagococcus sp. a porcine pathogen: molecular and phenotypic characterization of strains isolated from diseased pigs in Brazil". Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 14 (11): 1314–1319. doi: 10.3855/jidc.12081 . PMID   33296345.


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