Streptococcaceae
Copyright © 2020 C.E. by Dustin Jon Scott
Introduction
Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as “pneumococcus” is a gram-positive, non-motile, facultatively anaerobic, diplococcal, hemolytic bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
Hemolysis
Modes of hemolysis differ in pneumococcus depending on environment:
- α-Hemolysis or “Green Hemolysis” — pneumococcus is α-hemolytic under aerobic conditons.
- β-Hemolysis or “Green Hemolysis” — pneumococcus is β-hemolytic