Vagococcus

Vagococcus is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. They are motile or nonmotile cocci which do not form spores.[2] The name Vagococcus comes from Latin adjective vagus meaning wandering; and the Greek noun coccus a grain or berry, Vagococcus - wandering coccus, because Vagococcus fluvialis and some other Vagococcus species are motile, an unusual property for a lactic acid bacteria.[3]

Vagococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Enterococcaceae
Genus:
Vagococcus

Collins, et al. 1989
Species

V. acidifermentans [1]
V. bubulae[1]
V. carniphilus[1]
V. coleopterorum[1]
V. elongatus[1]
V. entomophilus[1]
V. fessus[1]
V. fluvialis[1]
V. humatus[1]
V. hydrophili[1]
V. lutrae[1]
V. martis[1]
V. penaei[1]
V. salmoninarum[1]
V. silagei[1]
V. teuberi[1]
V. vulneris[1]
V. xieshaowenii[1]
V. zengguangii[1]

History

The first Vagococcus species, Vagococcus fluvialis, was isolated from chicken feces in 1974. However, the genus was not recognized as distinct until 1989.[2]

References
  1. "Genus: Vagococcus". lpsn.dsmz.de.
  2. Wang L; Cui YS; Kwon CS; Lee ST; Lee JS; Im WT (2011). "Vagococcus acidifermentans sp. nov., isolated from an acideogenic fermentation bioreactor". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61: 1123–1126. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022087-0. PMID 20543153.
  3. Collins MD; Ash C; Farrow JAE; Wallbanks S; Williams AM (1989). "16S Ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description of Vagococcus fluvialis gen. nov., sp. nov". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 67: 453–460. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1989.tb02516.x. PMID 2479630.
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