hemolytic
Adjective
Meaning
relating to or involving or causing hemolysis
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hemolytic anemia
Species of Streptococcus are classified based on their hemolytic properties. citation Alpha-hemolytic species cause oxidization of iron in hemoglobin molecules within red blood cells, giving it a greenish color on blood agar.
However, weakly hemolytic group D beta-hemolytic streptococci and Listeria monocytogenes (which is actually a Gram-positive bacillus) should not be confused with nonhemolytic streptococci.
Table: Medically relevant streptococci (not all are alpha hemolytic) Alpha-hemolytic When alpha hemolysis (α-hemolysis) is present, the agar under the colony is dark and greenish.
This early investigative work on the benefits of vitamin E supplementation was the gateway to curing the vitamin E deficiency-caused hemolytic anemia described during the 1960s.