RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Farrow, John A. E. A1 Collins, Matthew D.YR 1985 T1 Enterococcus hirae, a New Species That Includes Amino Acid Assay Strain NCDO 1258 and Strains Causing Growth Depression in Young Chickens JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 35 IS 1 SP 73 OP 75 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-35-1-73 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Deoxyribonucleic acid base composition, deoxyribonucleic acid-deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization, lipid, and biochemical studies were performed with Enterococcus faecium NCDO 1258 (S= Snell strain R) and other atypical Enterococcus faecium strains from pigs and chickens in an attempt to clarify their taxonomy. Our results indicate that these strains constitute a new species, for which the name Enterococcus hirae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Enterococcus hirae is strain NCDO 1258., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-35-1-73