Peptostreptococcus anaerobius

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Peptostreptococcaceae
Genus: Peptostreptococcus
Species:
P. anaerobius
Binomial name
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
(Natvig 1905) Kluyver and van Niel 1936[1]
Synonyms

"Streptococcus anaerobius"

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius is a species of bacteria belonging to the Peptostreptococcus genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. The cells are small, spherical, and can occur in short chains, in pairs or individually.[2] Peptostreptococcus are slow-growing bacteria sometimes resistance to antimicrobial drugs.[3] P. anaerobius is intrinsically resistant to sodium polyethanol sulfonate (SPS), a component found in many types of blood culture media. [4]

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius is present as part of the microbiota of the lower reproductive tract of women and has been recovered from women with pelvic inflammatory disease and bacterial vaginosis.[5][6]

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  3. ^ Higaki S, Kitagawa T, Kagoura M, Morohashi M, Yamagishi T (2000). "Characterization of Peptostreptococcus species in skin infections". J Int Med Res. 28 (3): 143–7. doi:10.1177/147323000002800305. PMID 10983864. S2CID 30682359.
  4. ^ Song, Yuli; Finegold, Sydney (January 1, 2001). "Chapter 48: Peptostreptococcus, Finegoldia, Anaerococcus, Peptoniphilus, Veillonella, and Other Anaerobic Cocci". In Versalovic, James; Carroll, Karen; Funke, Guido; Jorgensen, James; Landry, James; Warnock, David; Murray, Patrick (eds.). Manual of Clinical Microbiology. ASM Press. p. 806. ISBN 978-1-55581-463-2.
  5. ^ Hoffman, Barbara (2012). Williams gynecology (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. p. 42. ISBN 978-0071716727.
  6. ^ Senok, Abiola C; Verstraelen, Hans; Temmerman, Marleen; Botta, Giuseppe A; Senok, Abiola C (2009). "Probiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (4): CD006289. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006289.pub2. PMID 19821358.