Peptostreptococcus anaerobius explained

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius is a species of bacteria belonging to the Peptostreptococcus genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. The cells are small, spherical, and can occur in short chains, in pairs or individually.^[1] Peptostreptococcus are slow-growing bacteria sometimes resistance to antimicrobial drugs.^[2] P. anaerobius is intrinsically resistant to sodium polyethanol sulfonate (SPS), a component found in many types of blood culture media. ^[3]

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius is present as part of the microbiota of the lower reproductive tract of women and has been recovered from women with pelvic inflammatory disease and bacterial vaginosis.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of bacterial vaginosis microbiota

External links

• Type strain of Peptostreptococcus anaerobius at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Book: Ryan KJ . Ray CG . Sherris Medical Microbiology . 4th . McGraw Hill . 2004 . 0-8385-8529-9 .
2. Higaki S, Kitagawa T, Kagoura M, Morohashi M, Yamagishi T . Characterization of Peptostreptococcus species in skin infections . J Int Med Res . 28 . 3 . 143–7 . 2000 . 10983864 . 10.1177/147323000002800305. 30682359 . free .
3. Book: Song . Yuli . Finegold . Sydney. January 1, 2001 . Versalovic . James . Carroll. Karen . Funke. Guido . Jorgensen. James . Landry. James . Warnock. David . Murray . Patrick. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. ASM Press . 806 . Chapter 48: Peptostreptococcus, Finegoldia, Anaerococcus, Peptoniphilus, Veillonella, and Other Anaerobic Cocci . 978-1-55581-463-2.
4. Book: Hoffman, Barbara . Williams gynecology . 2nd . McGraw-Hill Medical . 42 . New York . 2012 . 978-0071716727 .
5. Senok. Abiola C. Verstraelen. Hans. Temmerman. Marleen. Botta. Giuseppe A. Senok. Abiola C. Probiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. 2009. 10.1002/14651858.CD006289.pub2. 19821358. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. CD006289. 4.