Describe the Lancefield group, type of hemolysis, and key diagnostic features for the following:

Describe the Lancefield group, type of hemolysis, and key diagnostic features for the following:



Streptococcus pyogenes

Lancefield group A, β-hemolytic, bacitracin sensitive


Streptococcus agalactiae

Lancefield group B, α-hemolytic, bacitracin resistant


Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faeciu

Lancefield group D, α- or (3-hemolytic, growth in 6.5% NaCl


Streptococcus bovis

Lancefield group D, α-hemolytic, no growth in 6.5% NaCl


Streptococcus pneumoniae

No Lancefield group, α-hemolytic, bile soluble, inhibited by optochin


Viridans group streptococci

No Lancefield group, α-hemolytic, not bile soluble, not inhibited by optochin



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