Enterococcus durans
Enterococcus durans is a species of Enterococcus.[1] It is a Gram-positive, catalase- and oxidase-negative, coccus bacterium. The organism is also a facultative anaerobe.[2] 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.[3]
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- ↑ Fisher K, Phillips C. The ecology, epidemiology and virulence of Enterococcus. Microbiology. 2009;155(6):1749-1757. doi:10.1099/mic.0.026385-0.
- ↑ 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
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