Tetragenococcus solitarius

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively aerobic and microaerophilic, Gram positive, cocci shaped, lactic acid bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is catalase and alkaline phosphatase negative and produces acid from N acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, cellobiose, fructose, mannose, mannitol and maltose. T. solitarius can be found in environments containing high levels of salt and has not been reported to be a human pathogen.

**Synonyms:** - Enterococcus solitarius - Enterococcus solitarius - TETRAGENOCOCCUS SOLITARIUS