Peptostreptococcus | |
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Peptostreptococcus spp. growing in characteristic chain formations. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Eubacteriales |
Family: | Peptostreptococcaceae |
Genus: | Peptostreptococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 [1] |
Type species | |
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius[1] | |
Species | |
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius |
Peptostreptococcus is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. The cells are small, spherical, and can occur in short chains, in pairs or individually. They typically move using cilia.[2] Peptostreptococcus are slow-growing bacteria with increasing resistance to antimicrobial drugs.[3] Peptostreptococcus is a normal inhabitant of the healthy lower reproductive tract of women.[4][5]