Peptostreptococcus anaerobius

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Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Peptostreptococcales
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]

It is one of several bacteria in the human microbiome associated with the development of colorectal cancer and cervical cancer.[7][8][9]

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