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Enterococcus
Definition 1
A genus of Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, lactic acid bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Enterococcus genus level. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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