Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis

Rank: Species

Lineage: Bacteria;Firmicutes;Bacilli;Lactobacillales;Streptococcaceae;Streptococcus;Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis

Description: Streptococcus dysgalactiae is comprised of two subspecies Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp dysgalactiae and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis. Both subspecies are associated with diseases such as septicemia, endocarditis, pneumonia and meningitis. More >> Less >>

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

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Streptococcus	Genus	213
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis	Species	2

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