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Vagococcus lutrae

Vagococcus lutrae is a species of Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacteria from the genus Vagococcus which was originally isolated from a otter. Vagococcus lutrae can cause infection in humans in rare cases. It has also been recovered from pigs.

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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. 19991
Type strain2
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).21345 Vagococcus lutrae can cause infection in humans in rare cases.46 It has also been recovered from pigs.7

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  1. "Species: Vagococcus lutrae". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  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. 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.