Streptococcus zooepidemicus colonies on blood agar
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Lactobacillales
Family:
Streptococcaceae
Genus:
Streptococcus
Species:
S. zooepidemicus
Binomial name
Streptococcus zooepidemicus
Streptococcus zooepidemicus is a Lancefield group C streptococcus that was first isolated in 1934 by P. R. Edwards, and named Animal pyogens A.[1] It is a mucosal commensal and opportunistic pathogen that infects several animals and humans, but most commonly isolated from the uterus of mares. It is a subspecies of Streptococcus equi, a contagious upper respiratory tract infection of horses, and shares greater than 98% DNA homology, as well as many of the same virulence factors.[2]
^Beres SB, Sesso R, Pinto SW, Hoe NP, Porcella SF, Deleo FR, Musser JM (August 2008). "Genome sequence of a Lancefield group C Streptococcus zooepidemicus strain causing epidemic nephritis: new information about an old disease". PLOS ONE. 3 (8): e3026. Bibcode:2008PLoSO...3.3026B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003026. PMC 2516327. PMID 18716664.
^Pelkonen S, Lindahl SB, Suomala P, Karhukorpi J, Vuorinen S, Koivula I, Väisänen T, Pentikäinen J, Autio T, Tuuminen T (July 2013). "Transmission of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus infection from horses to humans". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 19 (7): 1041–8. doi:10.3201/eid1907.121365. PMC 3713971. PMID 23777752.
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