Vagococcus fluvialis is a species of bacteria. The type strain of V. fluvialis is NCDO 2497.[1] It rarely causes human infection. The only genetically proven case of V. fluvialis endocarditis was detected in the Cochin, India.[2]

Vagococcus fluvialis
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Enterococcaceae
Genus: Vagococcus
Species:
V. fluvialis
Binomial name
Vagococcus fluvialis
Collins et al. 1990

References

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  1. ^ Collins, M.D.; Ash, C.; Farrow, J.A.E.; Wallbanks, S.; Williams, A.M. (1989). "16S Ribosomal ribonucleic acid sequence analyses of lactococci and related taxa. Description ofVagococcus fluvialisgen. nov., sp. nov". Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 67 (4): 453–460. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1989.tb02516.x. ISSN 0021-8847. PMID 2479630.
  2. ^ Jadhav, Kartik Pandurang; Pai, Praveen G (October 2019). "A rare infective endocarditis caused by Vagococcus fluvialis". Journal of Cardiology Cases. 20 (4): 129–131. doi:10.1016/j.jccase.2019.07.001. PMC 6962713. PMID 31969941.

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