| Front | What are some identifying features of Streptococcus agalactiae? |
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| Back | Characteristic: • beta haemolytic • lancefield group B • known as Group B Streptococci (GBS) • mostly diseases of neonates In all Streptococci: • Gram-positive cocci in chains • Catalase negative • Clear-grey-white, glistening, smooth, round colonies • Fastidious media requirements • Ferments carbohydrate to produce acid (hence LAB) • Facultative anaerobes or capnophiles |
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