Streptococcaceae

Streptococcaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family:
Deibel & Seeley 1974
Genera[1]
Synonyms
  • "Mogalliidae" corrig. Enderlein 1917
  • "Pseudostreptoideae" corrig. Enderlein 1917
  • "Streptococceae" De Toni & Trevisan 1889

Streptococcaceae, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós), meaning "twisted", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "berry", are a family of gram-positive bacteria, placed within the order Lactobacillales.[2] Representative genera include Lactococcus, Lactovum, and Streptococcus.

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  2. ^ Christopher G. Morris (1992). Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. Gulf Professional Publishing. p. 2110. ISBN 978-0-12-200400-1.
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