TABLE 1.

Enterococcal strains used in this study

Enterococcus species	LMG-BCCM collection type strain no.
E. faecalis	266/5371,a cc193613,a CDC 149-77,a LMG 7937T, LMG 11395, LMG 11636, LMG 11637, LMG 11734, LMG 12161, LMG 13595
E. faecium species group
E. faecium	LMG 11423T, LMG 11397, LMG 11635, LMG 8148, LMG 16198, LMG 16200, LMG 9431, LMG 9448
E. durans	Lab 848, LMG 10741, LMG 12691, LMG 12903, LMG 13604, LMG 14197, LMG 16887, LMG 16888, LMG 16889
E. hirae	LD 13216,a ccm 2423T,a Lab 1342,a LMG 6399T, LMG 11746, LMG 14198, LMG 14200, LMG 14489, LMG 17189, LMG 17190, LMG 17191, LMG 17192, LMG 17285
E. mundtii	LMG 12308, LMG 13044, LMG 10748
E. gallinarum species group
E. gallinarum	LMG 12313, LMG 12904, LMG 13129T, LMG 14166, LMG 14405, LMG 16201, LMG 16202, LMG 16204
E. casseliflavus	LMG 12306, LMG 12307, LMG 12311, LMG 12314, LMG 14406
E. flavescens	LMG 13518T, LMG 13597, LMG 16313, LMG 16314
E. avium species group
E. avium	LMG 10744T, LMG 11394 LMG 12171, LMG 12304, LMG 12305
E. pseudoavium	266/7909,a 266/7910a
E. malodoratus	LMG 12300, LMG 12301, LMG 12905, LMG 15718
E. raffinosus	LMG 12172, LMG 12888T
E. cecorum species group
E. cecorum	2508/122a, 2508/331a, 2508/334a, 98/2539a, LMG 11743, LMG 11744, LMG 12902T, RS15Aa, S566a
E. columbae	LMG 11740T, LMG 12295, LMG 12296, LMG 14175, LMG 14595
E. dispar	SS 1295Tb, 266/8667a
E. saccharolyticus	CCUG 27643
E. asini	SS 1501Tb

^aProvided by L. A. Devriese, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. 

^bProvided by R. R. Facklam, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.