Streptococcus agalactiae

Rank: Species

Lineage: Bacteria;Firmicutes;Bacilli;Lactobacillales;Streptococcaceae;Streptococcus;Streptococcus agalactiae

Description: This organism is the leading cause of meningitis and sepsis in newborns. Additionally this organism is the cause of serious infections in immunocompromised adults. Clinical manifestations of infection include urinary tract and soft tissue infections as well as life-threatening sepsis and meningitis. Additionally S. agalactiae is able to asymptomatically colonize human skin and mucous membranes. This organism is also implicated in cases of mastitis in cows. More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Streptococcus%20agalactiae

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Streptococcus	Genus	213
Streptococcus agalactiae	Species	3

Name: Streptococcus

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Firmicutes;Bacilli;Lactobacillales;Streptococcaceae;Streptococcus

Description:
Streptococcus (term coined by Viennese surgeon Albert Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) from strepto- "twisted" + Modern Latin coccus "spherical bacterium," from Greek kokkos meaning "berry" ) is a genus of coccus (spherical) Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the phylum Firmicutes and the order Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria). Cell division in this genus occurs along a single axis in these bacteria, thus they grow in chains or pairs, hence the name meaning easily bent or twisted, like a chain (twisted chain). (Contrast this with staphylococci, which divide along multiple axes and generate grape-like clusters of cells.)

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus