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Definitions for "Enterococci"
Keywords:  faecal, enterococcus, streptococci, streptococcus, contamination
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A subgroup of bacteria in the fecal streptococcus group; inhabits the gastrointestinal tract of warm-blooded animals. The concentration of enterococcus bacteria is an indicator of the probability of contamination of surface water by microbial pathogens. Reported in Colony Forming Units/100 mL of sample (CFU/100 mL).
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Members of the Streptococcus group of bacteria characterised as faecal in origin.
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Enterococci bacteria are bacteria that usually live in an animal's gut. They are used as an indicator of the human health risk from harmful micro-organisms present in water – for example, from human or animal faeces.
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Keywords:  cocci, catalase, gram, positive, negative
Gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci.
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Keywords:  waterways, pollution, distinct, sea, presence
An indicator organism used to assess the presence of human pollution (as distinct from animal pollution) in waterways or the sea.
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