Streptococcus
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See also: streptococcus
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English strepto- (“shaped like a twisted chain”) + -coccus (“spherical bacteria”), from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós, “twisted, pliant”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”), for the bacteria grow in chains or pairs.
Proper noun
[edit]Streptococcus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Streptococcaceae – streptococcus bacteria.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Bacillota - phylum; Bacilli - class; Lactobacillales - order; Streptococcaceae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Streptococcus pyogenes - type species; Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus equinus, Streptococcus gallolyticus, Streptococcus infantarius, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus pneumoniae - selected species
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Streptococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Streptococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Streptococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Streptococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database