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STREPTOCOCCUS [1 record]

Record 1 2004-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Bacterial Diseases
DEF

A genus of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria whose organisms occur in pairs or chains. No endospores are produced. Many species exist as commensals or parasites on man or animals with some being highly pathogenic. A few species are saprophytes and occur in the natural environment.

OBS

Plural: streptococci.

Key term(s)
  • streptococci

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies bactériennes
DEF

Genre (Streptococcus ) de bactéries de forme sphérique (coccus ) groupées en chaînette.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Enfermedades bacterianas
DEF

Microorganismo que se agrupa en forma de cadenas, capaz de causar infecciones.

CONT

Aislamiento de la gramicidina, el primer antibiótico; se consiguió con el enfoque ecológico de Dubos. Alimentó organismos del suelo con pneumococos, estafilococos y estreptococos hasta encontrar un microbio, el Bacillus brevis, que prosperaba en la dieta patógena.

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