Enterococcus solitarius information

Enterococcus solitarius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Enterococcus
Species:	E. solitarius
Binomial name
	Enterococcus solitarius; Collins et al. 1989

Enterococcus solitarius is a species of the genus Enterococcus. It is gram-positive, catalase-negative, and facultatively anaerobic. It was discovered in 1989 alongside Enterococcus raffinosus and Enterococcus pseudoavium^[2]

Transfer to Tetragenococcus has been proposed.^[3]

^ Parte, A.C. "Enterococcus". LPSN.
^ Collins, M (February 1989). "Enterococcus raffinosus sp. nov., Enterococcus solitarius sp. nov. and Enterococcus pseudoavium sp. nov". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 57 (3): 283–288. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(89)90315-7.
^ Ennahar S, Cai Y (March 2005). "Biochemical and genetic evidence for the transfer of Enterococcus solitarius Collins et al. 1989 to the genus Tetragenococcus as Tetragenococcus solitarius comb. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 2): 589–92. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63205-0. PMID 15774629.

[1] Parte, A.C. "Enterococcus". LPSN.

[2] Collins, M (February 1989). "Enterococcus raffinosus sp. nov., Enterococcus solitarius sp. nov. and Enterococcus pseudoavium sp. nov". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 57 (3): 283–288. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(89)90315-7.

[pmid15774629-3] Ennahar S, Cai Y (March 2005). "Biochemical and genetic evidence for the transfer of Enterococcus solitarius Collins et al. 1989 to the genus Tetragenococcus as Tetragenococcus solitarius comb. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 2): 589–92. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63205-0. PMID 15774629.