Background: Enterococcus lactis (Elts) [former Enterococcus faecium (Efm) clade-B] has been greatly associated with human colonization, but its epidemiology is unknown since this reclassification [1]. We aimed to assess the contemporary faecal carriage of enterococci species among healthy-humans (HH) in Portugal and get novel insights about Efm/Elts differences. Methods: Fifty-one faecal samples (29-women/22-me...