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CSP: bacterium which causes mastitis in cattle and occasionally in man; also known as Streptococcus Group B.,MSH: A bacterium which causes mastitis in cattle and occasionally in man.,NCI: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus agalactiae.,NCI: A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for beta hemolysis, CAMP test, Lancefield group B and arginine deamination and negative for esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonylarylamidase and catalase. It can ferment trehalose and ribose but not mannitol or sorbitol. S. agalactiae is a commensal organism of the human gastrointestinal and female genital tracts and is a pathogen is humans causing opportunistic infections and neonatal sepsis.,NCI: A type of bacterium often found in the vagina. It can cause systemic infections in people with suppressed immune systems.
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