Enterococcus faecalis | Bacteria
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Taxonomic level
Bacteria
Firmicutes
Bacilli
Lactobacillales
Enterococcaceae
Enterococcus
Enterococcus faecalis
This bacterium is a common, useful and remarably resilient inhabitant of the healthy human gut. Unfortunately, it can also obtain certain genes which allow it to resist multiple antibiotics and cause a variety of serious infections. These are especially likely in people that are already sick or have a weakened immune system. E. faecalis is also able to metabolize a drug used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and thus reduce its effectiveness.
Assessment
Opportunist
 
17%
of Healthy Europeans have it.
 
2.56%
is the highest relative amount we have seen.
Detected in
7/7
reference groups.
Median amount detected:
Healthy Europeans
0%
Users, all
0%
Non-industrial lifestyle
0%
Users, high diversity
0%
Users, low diversity
0%
Overweight
0%
Obese
0%
Enterococcus faecalis is one of 4,565 microbes we look for in our microbiome test. If you would like to find out whether this microbe is present in your own gut, then consider if our test is something for you—it will answer that, and more.
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