Schaalia turicensis
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| Schaalia turicensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Family: | Actinomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Schaalia |
| Species: | S. turicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Schaalia turicensis (Johnson et al. 1990) Nouioui et al. 2018[1] | |
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Schaalia turicensis (formerly Actinomyces turicensis) is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium found in the flora of the oral cavity, gut, skin, and female urogenital tract.[2] S. turicensis is an important human pathogen of soft tissue infections in the lower body.[3]
S. turicensis is a facultative anaerobe, growing in air and CO2 conditions. The bacterium produces small translucent colonies on sheep blood agar and may be confused for other commensal bacteria such as non-hemolytic Streptococci.[4]