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Enterococcus faecium
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Human-origin
Where this strain was first isolated, curated from the literature and culture-collection catalogs. It describes provenance only — not suitability, and not benefit.
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Sequenced
Whether a public genome assembly is linked for this strain. Without one the genome screens cannot run. It is not a verdict on the organism.
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Public genome assembly available
Enterococcus faecium (undesignated strain) appears in the research literature primarily in the context of antibiotic resistance and hospital-associated infection rather than probiotic applications. The available papers describe mechanisms of vancomycin and beta-lactam resistance, virulence factor production, mobile genetic elements, and global dissemination of hospital clones — reflecting E. faecium's status as a significant opportunistic pathogen in healthcare settings. This entry represents the species-level taxonomy rather than a specific characterized probiotic strain; without a designated strain identifier, this organism should be described in terms of its taxonomic and research context rather than in probiotic-benefit framing.
Where it's been studied Tags come from a conservative keyword scan of each paper's title, abstract, and summary. A tag is research coverage, not measured effect. How we classify this →
Share of this strain's 233 body-system-tagged papers that concern each system. Research coverage, not measured effect.
Symptoms in the research A tag means the paper's text names the symptom or condition — research coverage, not evidence of benefit. How we classify this →
Share of this strain's 38 symptom-tagged papers that mention each symptom or condition. Research coverage, not evidence of benefit.
Research Study-type filters use AI-classified labels, audited but not guaranteed — check the paper itself before leaning on one. How we classify this →
811 papers reference this strain in the probiotic database.
Match confidence
How strongly this paper was matched to this strain when the corpus was linked. It orders the list — it says nothing about the study's quality or its findings.
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2025
REVIEW
2025
WGS
2024
OBSERVATIONAL
2023
REVIEW
2022
IN_VITRO
2022
ANIMAL
2022
IN_VITRO
2022
WGS
2022
ANIMAL
2022
OBSERVATIONAL
2021
IN_VITRO
2021
WGS
2021
IN_VITRO
2021
IN_VITRO
2021
ANIMAL
2021
OBSERVATIONAL
2021
OBSERVATIONAL
2021
WGS
2021
META_ANALYSIS
2021
IN_VITRO
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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: A current perspective on resilience, adaptation, and the urgent need for novel strategies
· Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Bacteriocin production facilitates nosocomial emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
· Nature Microbiology
Bacteriophage and antibiotic combination therapy for recurrent Enterococcus faecium bacteremia
· mBio
Progress in the application of Enterococcus faecium in animal husbandry
· Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Evaluation of Bacteriophage-Antibiotic Combination Therapy for Biofilm-Embedded MDR Enterococcus faecium
· Antibiotics
Collateral sensitivity to pleuromutilins in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
· Nature Communications
Designing a novel multi-epitope vaccine to evoke a robust immune response against pathogenic multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacterium
· Gut Pathogens
Genomic Surveillance of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Reveals Spread of a Linear Plasmid Conferring a Nutrient Utilization Advantage
· mBio
Administration of microencapsulated Enterococcus faecium ABRIINW.N7 with fructo-oligosaccharides and fenugreek on the mortality of tilapia challenged with Streptococcus agalactiae
· Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Interhospital transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Aomori, Japan
· Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Enterococcus faecium Regulates Honey Bee Developmental Genes
· International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Genome-based studies indicate that the Enterococcus faecium Clade B strains belong to Enterococcus lactis species and lack of the hospital infection associated markers
· INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
Anticancer and antimicrobial potential of enterocin 12a from Enterococcus faecium
· BMC Microbiology
Identification of Lead Compounds against Scm (fms10) in Enterococcus faecium Using Computer Aided Drug Designing
· Life
Evaluation of the Cholesterol-Lowering Mechanism of Enterococcus faecium Strain 132 and Lactobacillus paracasei Strain 201 in Hypercholesterolemia Rats
· Nutrients
Replacement of Enterococcus faecalis by Enterococcus faecium as the predominant enterococcus in UK bacteraemias
· JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
Emergence of linezolid-resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117 associated with increased linezolid-consumption
· International Journal of Medical Microbiology
The global dissemination of hospital clones of Enterococcus faecium
· Genome Medicine
The Global Prevalence of Daptomycin, Tigecycline, and Linezolid-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Strains From Human Clinical Samples: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
· Frontiers in Medicine
Lytic Bacteriophages Facilitate Antibiotic Sensitization of Enterococcus faecium
· Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
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Citations
Selected papers that name this strain.
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[1]
PMID 32656217 →Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind and Open-Label Studies in the Treatment and Prevention of Acute Diarrhea With Enterococcus faecium SF68· Frontiers in Medicine · 2020
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PMID 30969170 →Enterococcus faecium secreted antigen A generates muropeptides to enhance host immunity and limit bacterial pathogenesis· eLife · 2019
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PMID 29633645 →Enterococcus faecium SF68 as a model for efficacy and safety evaluation of pharmaceutical probiotics· Beneficial Microbes · 2018
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PMID 28676009 →Aging Eye Microbiota in Dry Eye Syndrome in Patients Treated with Enterococcus faecium and Saccharomyces boulardii· Current Clinical Pharmacology · 2017
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PMID 21831763 →The influence of probiotic Enterococcus faecium strain L5 on the microbiota and cytokines expression in rats with dysbiosis induced by antibiotics· Beneficial Microbes · 2010
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PMID 16026136 →One-year application of probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium M-74 decreases serum cholesterol levels.· PubMed · 2005
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PMID 11642232 →Transient Intestinal Carriage after Ingestion of Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococcus faecium from Chicken and Pork· New England Journal of Medicine · 2001
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PMID 11200372 →Impact on Human Intestinal Microflora of an Enterococcus faecium Probiotic and Vancomycin· Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2000
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PMID 8530808 →Long-term effects of Enterococcus faecium SF68 versus lactulose in the treatment of patients with cirrhosis and grade 1–2 hepatic encephalopathy· Journal of Hepatology · 1995