Species Streptococcus pyogenes
Name: Streptococcus pyogenes Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: py.o.ge.nes. Gr. neut. n. pyon, discharge from a sore, pus (Latin transliteration pyum); Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. pyogenes, pus-producing
Type strain: ATCC 12344; CCUG 12701; CCUG 4207; CIP 56.41; DSM 20565; JCM 5674; LMG 14700; NBIMCC 941; NCAIM B.01705; NCTC 8198
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB023575
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Rosenbach FJ. Microorganismen bei den Wund-Infections-Krankheiten des Menschen. J.F. Bergmann, Wiesbaden, 1884.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rosenbach FJ. Microorganismen bei den Wund-Infections-Krankheiten des Menschen. J.F. Bergmann, Wiesbaden, 1884.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "animalis: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2; default: 2 human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Toxigenic". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 9344 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Rosenbach FJ. Microorganismen bei den Wund-Infections-Krankheiten des Menschen. J.F. Bergmann, Wiesbaden, 1884.
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