What is Streptococcus?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Streptococcus'' | image = Streptococci.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Firmicutes]] | classis = [[Bacilli]] | ordo = [[Lactobacillales]] | familia = [[Streptococcaceae]] | genus = '''''Streptococcus''''' | genus_authority = [[Friedrich Julius Rosenbach|Rosenbach]], 1884 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Streptococcus agalactiae|S. agalactiae]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus anginosus|S. anginosus]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus bovis|S. bovis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus canis|S. canis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus constellatus|S. constellatus]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus dysgalactiae|S. dysgalactiae]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus equi|S. equi]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus equinus|S. equinus]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus iniae|S. iniae]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus intermedius|S. intermedius]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus mitis|S. mitis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus mutans|S. mutans]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus oralis|S. oralis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus parasanguinis|S. parasanguinis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus peroris|S. peroris]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus pneumoniae|S. pneumoniae]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus pyogenes|S. pyogenes]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus ratti|S. ratti]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus salivarius|S. salivarius]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus thermophilus|S. salivarius ssp. thermophilus]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus sanguinis|S. sanguinis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus sobrinus|S. sobrinus]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus suis|S. suis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus uberis|S. uberis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus vestibularis|S. vestibularis]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus viridans|S. viridans]]''<br/> ''[[Streptococcus zooepidemicus|S. zooepidemicus]]'' }} '''''Streptococcus''''' is a genus of spherical Gram-positive [[bacteria]] belonging to the phylum [[Firmicutes]] and the [[lactic acid]] bacteria group. They are [[cocci]], meaning that they are shaped like [[sphere|spheres]] or [[circle|circles]]. [[Cell division|Cellular division]] occurs along a single axis in these bacteria, and thus they grow in ch