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Streptococcaceae

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Streptococcaceae

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Streptococcaceae, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós), meaning "twisted", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "grain", are a family of gram-positive bacteria, placed within the order Lactobacillales. Representative genera include Lactococcus, Lactovum, and Streptococcus.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomBacteria
  2. PhylumFirmicutes
  3. ClassBacilli
  4. OrderLactobacillales
  5. FamilyStreptococcaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded123,759

La famille des Streptococcaceae est une famille de bactéries de l'ordre des Lactobacillales. Cette famille qui a été décrite en 1974 par Deibel et Seeley (et validée en 1980), a pour genre type Streptococcus, un genre décrit en 1884 par Rosenbach.

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Streptococcaceae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Mexico

Research

96,765 papers

via PubMed

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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Phylogeny
  • See also
  • References

Streptococcaceae, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós), meaning "twisted", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "grain", are a family of gram-positive bacteria, placed within the order Lactobacillales. Representative genera include Lactococcus, Lactovum, and Streptococcus.

==Phylogeny== The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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