Bacterium
streptococcus porcinus
Definitions related to streptococcus porcinus:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for Lancefield groups E, P, U and V, esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonylarylamidase, arginine deamination, CAMP test, beta hemolysis, and growth in 6.5% NaCl and negative for catalase. It can ferment sorbitol, trehalose, maltose, mannitol, ribose, and sucrose but not melibiose, arabinose, inulin, raffinose, or sorbose. S. porcinus is a commensal organism in pigs and pathogenic in humans, causing genitourinary tract infections and complications during parturition.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus porcinus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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