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Streptococcus pneumoniae
	; SEM micrograph of S. pneumoniae.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria;
Phylum:	Firmicutes;
Class:	Diplococci;
Order:	Lactobacillales;
Family:	Streptococcaceae;
Genus:	Streptococcus;
Species:	S. pneumoniae;
Binomial name
	Streptococcus pneumoniae; (Klein 1884); Chester 1901