Streptococci:

The genus Streptococcus consists of gram-positive, "chain" forming, spherical bacterial cells. Cocci are each approximately one micron in diameter. The genomes of streptococci are typically AT-rich. Complex media are required for their in vitro cultivation. Streptococci are typically facultative anaerobes.


Vincent A. Fischetti Ph.D.
The Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021 © 1995.