Bacterium
streptococcus suis
Subclass of:
Streptococcus
Definitions related to streptococcus suis:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is beta glucuronidase and arginine deaminase positive, hydrolyzes esculin, alpha hemolytic, Lancefield groups R, S, and T positive, catalase and pyrrolidonylarylamidase negative and does not grow in 6.5% NaCl. It can ferment sucrose, lactose, glucose, galactose, maltose, salicin, trehalose, and inulin but not arabinose, mannitol, melibiose, ribose, or sorbitol. S. suis is found in pigs where it can cause cervical abscesses. Contact of infected pigs by humans can result in meningitis, septicemia, endocarditis, and deafness.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of STREPTOCOCCUS isolated from pigs. It is a pathogen of swine but rarely occurs in humans.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus suis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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