Bacterium
streptococcus canis
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for Lancefield group G, beta hemolysis, CAMP test, arginine deamination, esculin hydrolysis, alpha and beta galactosidase and growth in 6.5% NaCl and negative for beta glucuronidase, catalase and pyrrolidonylarylamidase. It can ferment maltose, mannose, ribose, salicin and sucrose but not amygdalin, arabinose, inulin, mannitol, melibiose, raffinose, xylose or sorbitol. S. canis is a commensal organism in dogs where it is a pathogen and it can cause opportunistic infections in humans.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus canis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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