Domain: Bacteria

• No nuclear membranes, no organelles in cytoplasm, genetic material in form of single strands.

Kingdom: Bacteria

• Unicellular microorganism, many shapes, no nucleus, no membrane bound organelles.

Phylum: Firmicutes

• Gram positive, cocci or rod shaped.
   

Class: Bacilli

• Cocci or rod shaped bacteria.

Order: Lactobacillales

• Order of gram positive bacteria, makes up the lactic acid producing bacteria.

Family: Streptococcaceae

• Gram positive non sporing bacteria, including parasitic, pathogenic, and saprophytic bacteria.
      

Genus: Streptococcus

• Genus of spherical gram positive bacteria.

Species: Streptococcus mutans

• A gram positive cocci, facultatively anaerobic bacteria that forms rod-like chains.  Streptococcus mutans is commonly found in the human oral cavity and is a significant contributor to tooth decay.

                                  
                                Streptococcus mutans

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