Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134151441
Author: BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 3TMW
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason as to why it would be unsurprising that Enterococcus could tolerate bile salt.

Concept introduction:

Enterococcus is a genus that includes lactic acid bacteria. It belongs to the phylum Firmicutes. The bacteria in this genus are gram positive and spherical in shape. They often are Diplococcus (or occur in pairs), or short chains. This makes it hard to distinguish them from Streptococcus. It shows negative catalase test.

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