| Basic Characteristics | Properties (Enterococcus faecalis ) |
| Bile Resistance | Resistance to 40% (v/v) bile |
| Capsule | Negative (-ve) |
| Catalase | Negative (-ve) |
| Citrate | Negative (-ve) |
| Flagella | Negative (-ve) |
| Gelatin Hydrolysis | Variable |
| Gram Staining | Gram-positive |
| H2S | Negative (-ve) |
| Hemolysis | Negative (-ve) |
| Indole | Negative (-ve) |
| Motility | Negative (-ve) |
| 6.5% NaCl | Positive (+ve) |
| OF (Oxidative-Fermentative) | Fermentative |
| Oxidase | Negative (-ve) |
| Pigment | Negative (-ve) |
| PYR | Positive (+ve) |
| Shape | Cocci |
| Sodium azide | Positive (+ve) |
| Spore | Negative (-ve) |
| Urease | Negative (-ve) |
| VP (Voges Proskauer) | Positive (+ve) |
| Adonitol | Positive (+ve) |
| Arabinose | Negative (-ve) |
| Arabitol | Positive (+ve) |
| Arbutin | Positive (+ve) |
| Cellobiose | Positive (+ve) |
| Dulcitol | Negative (-ve) |
| Erythritol | Negative (-ve) |
| Fructose | Negative (-ve) |
| Fucose | Negative (-ve) |
| Galactose | Positive (+ve) |
| Gentiobiose | Positive (+ve) |
| Glucose | Positive (+ve) |
| Gluconate | Variable |
| Glycerol | Positive (+ve) |
| Glycogen | Negative (-ve) |
| Inositol | Negative (-ve) |
| Inulin | Negative (-ve) |
| Lactose | Positive (+ve) |
| Maltose | Positive (+ve) |
| Mannitol | Positive (+ve) |
| Mannose | Positive (+ve) |
| Melibiose | Negative (-ve) |
| Pyruvate | Positive (+ve) |
| Raffinose | Negative (-ve) |
| Rhamnose | Variable |
| Ribose | Positive (+ve) |
| Sorbitol | Negative (-ve) |
| Starch | Negative (-ve) |
| Trehalose | Positive (+ve) |
| Xylose | Negative (-ve) |
| Acetoin Production | Positive (+ve) |
| Alkaline Phosphatase | Negative (-ve) |
| Arginine Dehydrolase | Positive (+ve) |
| Esculin Hydrolysis | Positive (+ve) |
| Beta Glucuronidase | Negative (-ve) |
| Hippurate | Positive (+ve) |
| ONPG (β-galactosidase) | Negative (-ve) |
| Pyrrolidonyl arylamidase | Positive (+ve) |