Bacterium
streptococcus infantarius
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for esculin hydrolysis, alpha galactosidase and Lancefield group D and negative for catalase, arginine deaminase, growth in 6.5% NaCl, pyrrolidonylarylamidase and urease. It can ferment melibiose, lactose and sucrose but not mannitol, sorbitol, inulin or trehalose. S infantarius has been isolated from infants and is a human pathogen that can cause hepatobiliary bacteremia.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus infantarius.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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