Streptococcus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From English strepto- (“shaped like a twisted chain”) +‎ -coccus (“spherical bacteria”), from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós, “twisted, pliant”) +‎ κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”), for the bacteria grow in chains or pairs. === Proper noun === Streptococcus m A taxonomic genus within the family Streptococcaceae – streptococcus bacteria. ==== Synonyms ==== Strep., Str. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Lactobacillales – order; Streptococcaceae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Streptococcus pyogenes – type species; Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus equinus, Streptococcus gallolyticus, Streptococcus infantarius, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus pneumoniae – selected species ==== Derived terms ==== Streptococcaceae === References === Streptococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Streptococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Streptococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Streptococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database