Description of Enterococcus canis sp. nov. from dogs and reclassification of Enterococcus porcinus Teixeira et al. 2001 as a junior synonym of Enterococcus villorum Vancanneyt et al. 2001

On p. 1073, towards the end of the description of Enterococcus canis sp. nov., the text should read as follows. Strains are negative in API tests for hippurate, β-glucuronidase, β-galactosidase and alkaline phosphatase, and positive in Crystal tests for hydrolysis of L-valine-AMC, 4MU-phosphate and L-isoleucine-AMC. Urease and 4MU-β-D-glucuronide are variable in Crystal tests. Acid is not produced from erythritol, L-xylose, adonitol, L-sorbose, rhamnose, dulcitol, sorbitol, α-methyl-D-mannoside, melibiose, inulin, melezitose, D-raffinose, glycogen, xylitol, D-turanose, D-lyxose, D- and L-fucose, D-tagatose, D- and L-arabitol, and 5-ketogluconate.