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Streptococcus is a genus of gram-positive coccus (pl.: cocci) or spherical bacteria that belongs to the family Streptococcaceae, within the order Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria), in the phylum Bacillota.
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Streptococcaceae. Genera. Floricoccus. Lactococcus. Lactovum. Okadaella. Streptococcus. Streptococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the order Lactobacillales. [1] Representative genera include Lactococcus, Lactovum, and Streptococcus .
- Streptococcaceae
- Lactobacillales
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In the Streptococcaceae family, only streptococci and aerococci are regularly isolated from specimens of human origin (see Table 2.1). There have been recent taxonomic changes in the family Streptococcaceae.
streptococcus, (genus Streptococcus), group of spheroidal bacteria belonging to the family Streptococcaceae. The term streptococcus (“twisted berry”) refers to the bacteria’s characteristic grouping in chains that resemble a string of beads.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 19, 2014 · First Online: 19 October 2014. 5511 Accesses. 5 Citations. 1 Altmetric. Abstract. This chapter discusses briefly the family Streptococcaceae and its three genera Streptococcus, Lactococcus, and Lactovum. Download reference work entry PDF.
- Stephen Lory
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May 31, 2022 · Discovery of Streptococci. The first description of streptococcal infection is attributed to the Austrian surgeon, Theodor Billroth ( Figure 5 ), in 1874, when he described the organism in cases of erysipelas and wound infections (Billroth, 1874; Billroth, 1877).
The genus Streptococcus , a heterogeneous group of Gram-positive bacteria, has broad significance in medicine and industry. Various streptococci are important ecologically as part of the normal microbial flora of animals and humans; some can also cause diseases that range from subacute to acute or even chronic. Among the significant human diseases attributable to streptococci are scarlet fever ...
