肠球菌在各种泌尿生殖系统疾病、肠疾患、胆道疾患、败血症、亚急性及慢性心肌炎和其它化脓性炎症中,都起着一定的病因学和发病学作用。本菌也常常引起食物中毒。肠球菌的实验诊断,既复杂又费力、费时,为此需要各种各样的培养基,要求一定的理化条件。作者研究了不同来源的肠球菌420株的35项特征,从而确定了肠球菌的一些固有特征,如在pH10.2环境中和在40%胆汁肉汤中的生长,对0.05%亚碲酸钾的抵抗性,还原TTC,1%蛋白胨酵母自溶物的 Enterococcus in a variety of urogenital diseases, intestinal disorders, biliary disorders, sepsis, subacute and chronic myocarditis and other suppurative inflammation, all play a certain etiology and pathogenesis. The bacteria also often cause food poisoning. The experimental diagnosis of enterococci, both complicated and laborious, time-consuming, for which a wide variety of media, require certain physical and chemical conditions. The authors studied 35 features of Enterobacteriacea 420 strains from different sources to identify some of the intrinsic characteristics of enterococci such as growth in a pH 10.2 environment and in 40% bile broth, 0.05% potassium tellurite Resist, Restore TTC, 1% peptone yeast autolysate