Some enterococci can be treated with penicillin, ampicillin, and vancomycin. Enterococci that are resistant to those drugs can be treated with Synercid.

enterococci

The adjective enterococcal applies to enterococci-- normal bacteria in the intestines.

Enterics are gram- facultatively anaerobic rods; Coliforms are enterics that produce acid and gas from lactose; Enterococci are catalase-, gram+ cocci belonging to Lancefield Grp D found in GI tract

Enterococcis sp. prefers to live in the gut, although it can exist ex vivo for quite a while as well. It is one of the most common of bacteria.