Definition of "enterococci" [enterococci]

• Plural form of enterococcus. (noun)

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• "Clinicians also worry about vancomycin-resistant enterococci VRE, encouraged by the use of the antibiotic virginiamycin in livestock, Clostridium difficile, a serious intestinal bug developing resistance, and resistant Acinetobacter baumannii which has so afflicted US troops in Iraq it has been dubbed "Iraqibacter.""
• "There are certain acceptable levels of enterococci, the bacteria found in the poop of humans and warm-blooded animals, and when those levels are exceeded, that's when you see the "no swimming" warnings go up."
• "According to the established criteria, seawater that exceeds 500 enterococci per 100 milliliters is considered of sanitary risk."