Streptococcus
See also: streptococcus
Translingual
Etymology
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
Streptococcus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Streptococcaceae – the streptococcus bacteria.
Synonyms
- Strep., Str.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Bacillota - phylum; Bacilli - class; Lactobacillales - order; Streptococcaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Streptococcus pyogenes - type species; Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus equinus, Streptococcus gallolyticus, Streptococcus infantarius, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus pneumoniae - selected species
Derived terms
References
Streptococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Streptococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Streptococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Streptococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database
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