Vagococcus lutrae

{{Short description|Bacterium}}

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| genus = Vagococcus

| species = lutrae

| authority = Lawson et al. 1999{{cite journal |title=Species: Vagococcus lutrae |journal=LPSN.DSMZ.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/vagococcus-lutrae |language=en}}

| type_strain = CCUG 39187

| type_strain_ref = {{cite journal |last1=Lawson |first1=Paul A. |last2=Foster |first2=Geoffrey |last3=Falsen |first3=Enevold |last4=Ohlén |first4=Maria |last5=Collins |first5=Matthew D. |title=Note: Vagococcus lutrae sp. nov., isolated from the common otter (Lutra lutra) |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 July 1999 |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=1251–1254 |doi=10.1099/00207713-49-3-1251|pmid=10425788 |doi-access=free }}

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Vagococcus lutrae is a Gram-positive and coccus-shaped bacterium from the genus Vagococcus which has been isolated from a otter (Lutra lutra).{{cite journal |title=Vagococcus lutrae |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/81947}}{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the species Vagococcus lutrae Lawson et al. 1999 |year=2008 |doi=10.1601/tx.5565|last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Garrity |first2=George M. |editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity }}{{cite journal |last1=Garcia |first1=V. |last2=Abat |first2=C. |last3=Rolain |first3=J.-M. |title=Report of the first Vagococcus lutrae human infection, Marseille, France |journal=New Microbes and New Infections |date=January 2016 |volume=9 |pages=56–57 |doi=10.1016/j.nmni.2015.11.008|pmid=26862437 |pmc=4708070 |doi-access=free }} Vagococcus lutrae can cause infection in humans in rare cases.