Peptostreptococcus anaerobius

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Peptostreptococcus
Species:	P. anaerobius
Binomial name
	Peptostreptococcus anaerobius; Kluyver and van Niel 1936

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]

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.^[4]^[5]

References[]

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^ 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.
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