Bacterium
streptococcus anginosus
Subclass of:
Streptococcus milleri Group
Definitions related to streptococcus anginosus:
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for arginine deamination, esculin hydrolysis and beta glucosidase and negative for urease, catalase, sialidase and hyaluronidase. It can ferment amygdalin, lactose, salicin, cellobiose, trehalose and raffinose but not arabinose, glycerol, inulin, sorbitol, mannitol or ribose. S. anginosis is found in normal human urogenital and gastrointestinal tracts and is involved in opportunistic infections of abscesses.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of gram-positive bacteria in the STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP. It is the most frequently seen isolate of that group, has a proclivity for abscess formation, and is most often isolated from the blood, gastrointestinal, and urogenital tract.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus anginosus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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