Clinically important: Streptococcus bovis
Normal faecal flora
Occasionally causes:
alpha or gamma hemolytic.
Bile and esculin positive (like enterococcus)
PYR negative and cannot grow in 6.5% NaCl (unlike enterococcus)
Sensitive to penicillin or other antibiotics.
No vaccine.
No lasting immunity.
Things to revise/add later:
Bibliography: LWW microbiology
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