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Bacteria > Firmicutes > Lactobacillales > Streptococcaceae > Streptococcus
Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Lactobacillales > Streptococcaceae > Streptococcus
Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Cocci > Streptococcaceae > Streptococcus

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Streptococcus  

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; hemolytic streptococci equals STREPTOCOCCUS unless specified in text as S. pyogenes, S. agalactiae, etc.; group A equals STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; B equals STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; D equals ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; S. equinus (index under STREPTOCOCCUS); N equals LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; groups E, L, M, O, R, S go under STREPTOCOCCUS; infection equals STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria whose organisms occur in pairs or chains. No endospores are produced. Many species exist as commensals or parasites on man or animals with some being highly pathogenic. A few species are saprophytes and occur in the natural environment.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013291

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