1. Gilmore MS, Coburn PS, Nallapareddy SR et al (2002) History, taxonomy, biochemical characteristics, and antibiotic susceptibility testing of enterococci. In: Gilmore MS, Clewell DB, Courvalin P et al (eds) The enterococci: pathogenesis, molecular biology, and antibiotic resistance. ASM, Washington, DC
2. Malani PN, Kauffman CA, Zervos MJ (2002) Enterococcal disease, epidemiology, and treatment. In: Gilmore MS, Clewelll DB, Courvalin P et al (eds) The enterococci: pathogenesis, molecular biology and antibiotic resistance. ASM, Washington, DC
3. Teixeira LM, Carvalho MG, Facklam RR (2007) Enterococcus. In: Murray BE, Baron EJ, Jorgensen JH (eds) Manual of clinical microbiology, 9th edn. ASM, Washington, DC
4. Facklam RR, Carvalho MGS, Teixeira LM (2002) History, taxonomy, biochemical characteristics, and antibiotic susceptibility testing of enterococci. In: Gilmore MS, Clewell DB, Courvalin P et al (eds) The enterococci: pathogenesis, molecular biology, and antibiotic resistance. ASM, Washington, DC
5. Schleifer KH, Kilpper-Balz R (1984) Transfer of Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium to the genus Enterococcus nom. rev. as Enterococcus faecalis comb. nov. and Enterococcus faecium comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 34:31–34