Enterococcus Faecalis. Faecalis Enterococci are distantly related to other streptococci and have been moved into the genus Enterococcus. Enterococci are part of the normal intestinal flora.

Faecalis cells are ovoid and 05 to. S faecalis figure 9. Enterococcus faecalis is the bacteria responsible for infections of the urinary tract.
The clinical importance of the genus Enterococcus is directly related to its antibiotic resistance which contributes to the risk of colonization and infection.
A nonspore-forming fermentative facultatively. Enterococcus faecalis is the bacteria responsible for infections of the urinary tract. Enterococcus the large genus of bacteria that cause no harm till you eat them or enters the body by other means of transmission. Of 50 episodes with monomicrobial E.