Vagococcus lutrae

Vagococcus lutrae is a species of Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacteria from the genus Vagococcus which was originally isolated from a otter (Lutra lutra).^{[2][1][3][4][5]} Vagococcus lutrae can cause infection in humans in rare cases.^[4][6] It has also been recovered from pigs.^[7]

Vagococcus lutrae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Vagococcus
Species:	V. lutrae
Binomial name
Vagococcus lutrae Lawson et al. 1999[1]
Type strain[2]
CCUG 39187