Abstract
Incidence of enterococci in water was examinedby the membrane filter technique with AC agarmedium. One hundred strains were isolated from 10 water samples and subjected to species identification. Of 100 isolated strains, 57 strains (57.0%) wereE.faecium, 33 strains (33.0%) wereE.faecalisand 4 strains (4.0%) wereE. durans.Among the isolatedE.faecalis, 23 strains peptonized litmus milk and no strain hydrolyzed starch. The milk casein peptonizingE.faecaliswas isolated from human feces at the ratio of 20.3% of total isolated enterococci. The organism, which has been reported to be derived from insects, is suggested to beassociated with feces of humans and animal
