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Pathogen: Streptococcus pyogenes
Name: Streptococcus pyogenes
Pathogen type: Bacteria
Description: Gram-positive bacteria responsible for a variety of human diseases, including strep throat
Lineage: Bacteria » Firmicutes » Bacilli » Lactobacillales » Streptococcaceae » Streptococcus » Streptococcus pyogenes
Life cycle: Begins infection on skin surface and spreads deeper into the skin
Chromosomes: circular chromosome
GC content: 40.05
Genes: 1,752
Proteins: 1,752
Bases: 1,852,442 bp
Genome: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/S_pyogenes/
Morphology: sperical/elliptical cocci arranged in chains
Gram-staining: Gram-positive
Appendages: pili (unusual for Gram-positive bacteria)
KEGG: spy spz spm spg sps sph spi spj spk spf spa spb soz

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Last modified: 1? 14, 2013



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