| Entry | T02454 |
| Org code | efm |
| Name | Enterococcus faecium ATCC 8459 = NRRL B-2354 |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 1158600 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Enterococcaceae; Enterococcus; Enterococcus faecium |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank Assembly: GCA_000336405.1 (Complete Genome)
BioProject: 74725 |
| Comment | Surrogate microorganism used in place of pathogens for validation of thermal processing technologies and systems.
Originally isolated from dairy utensils in 1927.
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| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP004063) |
| Plasmid | pNB2354_1; Circular (GB: CP004064) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 2639
Number of RNA genes: 65
|
| Created | 2013 |
| Reference | PMID: 24413604 |
| Authors | Kopit LM, Kim EB, Siezen RJ, Harris LJ, Marco ML |
| Title | Safety of the surrogate microorganism Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 for use in thermal process validation. |
| Journal | Appl Environ Microbiol 80:1899-909 (2014)
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03859-13 |
Enterococcus faecium ATCC 8459 = NRRL B-2354