%0 Journal Article %A Barnes, Ella M. %A Impey, C. S. %A Stevens, B. J. H. %A Peel, J. L. %T Streptococcus pleomorphus sp.nov.: An Anaerobic Streptococcus Isolated Mainly from the Caeca of Birds %D 1977 %J Microbiology, %V 102 %N 1 %P 45-53 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-102-1-45 %I Microbiology Society, %X A new species Streptococcus pleomorphus is described. It is obligately anaerobic and classified in the genus Streptococcus because it is a Gram-positive coccus growing in pairs and chains, with a homolactic fermentation of glucose producing l-lactic acid. The GC content of the DNA is 39 mol %. The organism has been mainly isolated from chickens, turkeys and ducks. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-102-1-45