Fig. 1

Distribution of enterococcal species in human and animal recovery from fecal samples. Enterococci were isolated from the following samples: HH healthy humans (n = 574) (Barreto et al. 2009; Guimaraes et al. 2009; Novais et al. 2003, 2006; Poeta et al. 2005a, 2006a), CH clinical humans (n = 208) (Novais et al. 2003, 2008), HP healthy pets (n = 246) (Poeta et al. 2005a, 2006a; Rodrigues et al. 2002), CP clinical pets (n = 55) (Delgado et al. 2007), horses (n = 110) (Moura et al. 2010), poultry (n = 152) (Poeta et al. 2005a; 2006a, b), wild boars (n = 126) (Poeta et al. 2007a, b), birds of prey (n = 63) (Poeta et al. 2005b, 2007b), swine (n = 50) (Novais et al. 2003, 2008), ostriches (n = 47) (Gonçalves et al. 2010a), mullet fish (n = 104) (Araújo et al. 2011), seagulls (n = 31) (Radhouani et al. 2010b), garden dormice (n = 33), partridges (n = 46) (Silva et al. 2011), wild rabbits (n = 64) (Silva et al. 2010)