Vagococcus is a genus of gram-positive bacteria. They are motile or nonmotile cocci which do not form spores.^[2] The name Vagococcus comes from Latin adjective vagus meaning wandering; and the Greek noun coccus a grain or berry, Vagococcus - wandering coccus, because Vagococcus fluvialis and some other Vagococcus species are motile, an unusual property for a lactic acid bacteria.^[3]

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Vagococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Vagococcus Collins, et al. 1989
Species
V. acidifermentans [1] V. allomyrinae[1] V. bubulae[1] V. carniphilus[1] V. coleopterorum[1] V. elongatus[1] V. entomophilus[1] V. fessus[1] V. fluvialis[1] V. humatus[1] V. hydrophili[1] V. intermedius[1] V. luciliae[1] V. lutrae[1] V. martis[1] V. penaei[1] V. proximus[1] V. salmoninarum[1] V. silagei[1] V. teuberi[1] V. vulneris[1] V. xieshaowenii[1]

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The first Vagococcus species, Vagococcus fluvialis, was isolated from chicken feces in 1974. However, the genus was not recognized as distinct until 1989.^[2]