loading...| Preferred Name |
Streptococcus agalactiae |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Streptococcus_agalactiae |
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| DEFINITION |
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for beta hemolysis, CAMP test, Lancefield group B and arginine deamination and negative for esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonylarylamidase and catalase. It can ferment trehalose and ribose but not mannitol or sorbitol. S. agalactiae is a commensal organism of the human gastrointestinal and female genital tracts and is a pathogen is humans causing opportunistic infections and neonatal sepsis. |
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beta hemolytic streptococcus group B STREPT. GP B(AGALACT) |
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for beta hemolysis, CAMP test, Lancefield group B and arginine deamination and negative for esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonylarylamidase and catalase. It can ferment trehalose and ribose but not mannitol or sorbitol. S. agalactiae is a commensal organism of the human gastrointestinal and female genital tracts and is a pathogen is humans causing opportunistic infections and neonatal sepsis. |
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Streptococcus agalactiae |
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Thesaurus:Streptococcus_agalactiae |
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Streptococcus agalactiae |
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beta hemolytic streptococcus group B STREPT. GP B(AGALACT) |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Streptococcus |