Vagococcus fessus

{{Short description|Bacterium}}

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| genus = Vagococcus

| species = fessus

| authority = Hoyles et al. 2000{{cite journal |title=Species: Vagococcus fessus |journal=LPSN.DSMZ.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/vagococcus-fessus |language=en}}

| type_strain = CCUG 41755

| type_strain_ref = {{cite journal |last1=Hoyles |first1=L |last2=Lawson |first2=P A |last3=Foster |first3=G |last4=Falsen |first4=E |last5=Ohlén |first5=M |last6=Grainger |first6=J M |last7=Collins |first7=M D |title=Vagococcus fessus sp. nov., isolated from a seal and a harbour porpoise. |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 May 2000 |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=1151–1154 |doi=10.1099/00207713-50-3-1151 |pmid=10843057 |language=en |issn=1466-5026|doi-access= }}

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Vagococcus fessus is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic and coccus-shaped bacterium from the genus Vagococcus which has been isolated from a dead seal and a dead harbour porpoise.{{cite journal |title=Vagococcus fessus |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/120370}}{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the species Vagococcus fessus Hoyles et al. 2000 |year=2008 |doi=10.1601/tx.5564|last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Garrity |first2=George M. |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity }}