. . . . . "Streptococcus is a genus of coccus (spherical) gram-positive bacteria belonging to the phylum Firmicutes and the Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria) order. Cellular division occurs along a single axis in these bacteria, and thus they grow in chains or pairs, hence the name\u2014from Greek \u03C3\u03C4\u03C1\u03B5\u03C0\u03C4\u03CC\u03C2 streptos, meaning easily bent or twisted, like a chain (twisted chain).Contrast this with Staphylococci, which divide along multiple axes and generate grape-like clusters of cells."@en . . "lightgrey"@en . . "Streptococcus"@en . .