Streptococcus agalactiae Lehmann & Neumann, 1896 Dataset Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-Date (PNU) Rank SPECIES Published in Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30::367 Classification genus Streptococcus species Streptococcus agalactiae Name Synonyms Streptococcus difficile Eldar et al., 1995 Streptococcus difficilis Eldar et al., 1995 Homonyms Streptococcus agalactiae Lehmann & Neumann, 1896