Preferred Label : Streptococcus canis;
NCIt synonyms : Streptococcus dysgalactiae;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the
phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for Lancefield group G, beta hemolysis,
CAMP test, arginine deamination, esculin hydrolysis, alpha and beta galactosidase
and growth in 6.5% NaCl and negative for beta glucuronidase, catalase and pyrrolidonylarylamidase.
It can ferment maltose, mannose, ribose, salicin and sucrose but not amygdalin, arabinose,
inulin, mannitol, melibiose, raffinose, xylose or sorbitol. S. canis is a commensal
organism in dogs where it is a pathogen and it can cause opportunistic infections
in humans.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus canis.;
Taxon ID : 1329;
Origin ID : C86786;
UMLS CUI : C0318185;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
See also inter- (CISMeF)
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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