Peptostreptococcus
Peptostreptococcus is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. The cells are small, spherical, and can occur in short chains, in pairs or individually. They typically move using cilia. Peptostreptococcus are slow-growing bacteria with increasing resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Peptostreptococcus is a normal inhabitant of the healthy lower reproductive tract of women.
| Peptostreptococcus | |
|---|---|
| Peptostreptococcus spp. growing in characteristic chain formations. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Peptostreptococcaceae |
| Genus: | Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Peptostreptococcus anaerobius | |
| Species | |
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Peptostreptococcus anaerobius | |
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