Microbiology

🦠Streptococcaceae

Streptococcaceae, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós), meaning "twisted", and κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "grain", are a family of gram-positive bacteria, placed within the order Lactobacillales.

Source: Wikipedia

4 microbes

🦠 streptococcus pyogenes 🦠 streptococcus pneumoniae 🦠 streptococcus mutans 🦠 enterococcus faecalis

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