General information
S. acidominimus is a member of the viridans group streptococci and is rarely pathogenic in humans making it difficult to assess its epidemiologic and clinical significance.
Taxonomy
Family: Streptococcaceae
Natural habitats
In the bovine vagina, on the skin of calves and in raw milk.
Clinical significance
On rare occasions, it has been associated with infections in human
Gram positive streptococci,
grouped in chains Liquid medium,
they are found in the form of chains of different lengths.
They namely divide into one direction
Facultative anaerobic
5% CO2 improves the growth
BA: colonies are 0.5-1.0 mm and α-haemolytic
McConkey: no growth
BBAØ: growth
James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition
Karen C. Carrol et al (2019) Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 12th Edition