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Streptococcus salivarius
Epidemiology:
- absent in healthy individuals
- present among patients with cirrhosis
Pathology:
- present in higher amounts in patients with hepatic encephalopathy than those without [1]
- concentration of bacteria positively correlated with the plasma ammonia [1]
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Streptococcus viridans
General
Streptococcus
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Zhang Z et al.
Large-scale survey of gut microbiota associated with MHE via
16S rRNA-based pyrosequencing.
Am J Gastroenterol 2013 Oct; 108:1601
PMID: 23877352
http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v108/n10/full/ajg2013221a.html