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
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Vagococcus Collins, et al. 1989
Type species
Vagococcus fluvialis Collins et al. 1990
Species[1]
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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]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[4]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[5][6][7]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[8][9][10]

Vagococcus V. intermedius V. coleopterorum V. fessus V. proximus V. entomophilus V. allomyrinae V. salmoninarum V. xieshaowenii V. humatus V. lutrae V. acidifermentans V. elongatus V. fluvialis V. carniphilus V. hydrophili V. silagei V. bubulae V. martis V. teuberi V. luciliae V. penaei V. vulneris

Vagococcus V. entomophilus Killer et al. 2014 V. humatus Sundararaman, Srinivasan & Lee 2017 V. lutrae Lawson et al. 1999 V. elongatus Lawson et al. 2007 V. xieshaowenii Ge et al. 2020 "V. zengguangii" Ge et al. 2021 V. allomyrinae Kim et al. 2022 V. salmoninarum Wallbanks et al. 1990 V. intermedius Johansson et al. 2023 V. coleopterorum Hyun et al. 2022 V. fessus Hoyles et al. 2000 V. proximus Johansson et al. 2023 V. acidifermentans Wang et al. 2011 V. silagei Wu et al. 2020 V. penaei Jaffrès et al. 2010 V. vulneris Shewmaker et al. 2019 V. fluvialis Collins et al. 1990 "Ca. V. giribetii" Schwartzman et al. 2023 V. carniphilus Shewmaker et al. 2004 V. hydrophili Hyun et al. 2022 V. bubulae Shewmaker et al. 2019 V. luciliae Guzman et al. 2023 V. martis Tak et al. 2017 V. teuberi Wullschleger et al. 2018

Unassigned species:

• V. jeotgali Joe et al. 2024

See also

• List of Bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders