Streptococcus pyogenes CIP 56.78 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Streptococcaceae.
Gram-positive coccus-shaped facultative anaerobe Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Bacilli |
| Order Lactobacillales |
| Family Streptococcaceae |
| Genus Streptococcus |
| Species Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Full scientific name Streptococcus pyogenes Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| 37162 | Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68371 | 27613 ChEBI | amygdalin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18305 ChEBI | arbutin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17108 ChEBI | D-arabinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18333 ChEBI | D-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28847 ChEBI | D-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 12936 ChEBI | D-galactose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62318 ChEBI | D-lyxose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16899 ChEBI | D-mannitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16024 ChEBI | D-mannose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16988 ChEBI | D-ribose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17924 ChEBI | D-sorbitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16443 ChEBI | D-tagatose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65327 ChEBI | D-xylose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17113 ChEBI | erythritol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16813 ChEBI | galactitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28066 ChEBI | gentiobiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 24265 ChEBI | gluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17754 ChEBI | glycerol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28087 ChEBI | glycogen | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15443 ChEBI | inulin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 30849 ChEBI | L-arabinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18403 ChEBI | L-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18287 ChEBI | L-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62345 ChEBI | L-rhamnose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17266 ChEBI | L-sorbose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65328 ChEBI | L-xylose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 6731 ChEBI | melezitose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28053 ChEBI | melibiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 320061 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 43943 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-mannoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 74863 ChEBI | methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17268 ChEBI | myo-inositol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 59640 ChEBI | N-acetylglucosamine | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 37162 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | |
| 37162 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | - | reduction | |
| 68371 | Potassium 2-ketogluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid | |
| 68371 | 16634 ChEBI | raffinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15963 ChEBI | ribitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28017 ChEBI | starch | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 27082 ChEBI | trehalose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 32528 ChEBI | turanose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17151 ChEBI | xylitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | - | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 37162 | catalase | - | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | + | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | - | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 37162 | oxidase | - | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 37162 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
| @ref | ControlQ | GLY | ERY | DARA | LARA | RIB | DXYL | LXYL | ADO | MDX | GAL | GLU | FRU | MNE | SBE | RHA | DUL | INO | MAN | SOR | MDM | MDG | NAG | AMY | ARB | ESC | SAL | CEL | MAL | LAC | MEL | SAC | TRE | INU | MLZ | RAF | AMD | GLYG | XLT | GEN | TUR | LYX | TAG | DFUC | LFUC | DARL | LARL | GNT | 2KG | 5KG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37162 | not determinedn.d. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | +/- |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolation ratio and T- serotyping of group A streptococci from pediatric upper respiratory tract infections in Turkey. | Topkaya AE, Yildirim T, Arsan S. | Anadolu Kardiyol Derg | 2005 | | ||
| Phylogeny | Genetic and phenotypic features of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated in Brazil that harbor new emm sequences. | Teixeira LM, Barros RR, Castro AC, Peralta JM, Da Gloria S Carvalho M, Talkington DF, Vivoni AM, Facklam RR, Beall B. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.39.9.3290-3295.2001 | 2001 | |
| [The manifestations of a scarlatina epidemic process in a large city and their interpretation]. | Briko NI, Gureeva EG, Kuznetsov AN, Kazantseva EM, Finkel' MP, Filatov NN, Eshchina AS, Brazhnikov AIu, Beliakov VD. | Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol | 1994 | | ||
| Phylogeny | Characterization of group A streptococci isolated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | Jamal F, Pit S, Johnson DR, Kaplan EL. | J Trop Med Hyg | 1995 | | |
| Phylogeny | Application of serum opacity factor in subtyping of group A streptococci & identification of new M-types. | Prakash K, Dutta S. | Indian J Med Res | 1991 | | |
| Pathogenicity | Decreased activity of erythromycin against Streptococcus pyogenes in Taiwan. | Hsueh PR, Chen HM, Huang AH, Wu JJ. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.39.10.2239 | 1995 | |
| Enzymology | Streptococcus pyogenes vulvovaginitis in children in Nottingham. | Donald FE, Slack RC, Colman G. | Epidemiol Infect | 10.1017/s0950268800067509 | 1991 | |
| Enzymology | Streptococcus pyogenes in the throat: a study in a small population, 1962-1975. | Hope-Simpson RE. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400069291 | 1981 | |
| Streptococcal impetigo and acute glomerulonephritis in children in Cairo. | el Tayeb SH, Nasr EM, Sattallah AS. | Br J Dermatol | 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1978.tb07333.x | 1978 | | |
| Phylogeny | The concurrent associations of group A streptococcal serotypes in children with acute rheumatic fever or pharyngitis-associated glomerulonephritis and their families in Kuwait. | Majeed HA, Khuffash FA, Yousof AM, Farwana SS, Chugh TD, Moussa MA, Rotta J, Havlickova H. | Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg A | 10.1016/s0176-6724(86)80007-4 | 1986 | |
| Phylogeny | Effect of incubation temperature on T-agglutination typing of Streptococcus pyogenes. | Padula JF, Facklam RR, Moody MD. | Appl Microbiol | 10.1128/am.17.6.878-880.1969 | 1969 | |
| Drug resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in Japan. | Nakae M, Murai T, Kaneko Y, Mitsuhashi S. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.12.3.427 | 1977 | | |
| Phylogeny | A new M-type of group A streptococcus of clinical importance in pyoderma and pharyngitis. | Dillon HC, Derrick CW, Gooch PE. | J Gen Microbiol | 10.1099/00221287-91-1-119 | 1975 | |
| The serum opacity reaction of Streptococcus pyogenes. The demonstration of multiple, strain-specific lipoproteinase antigens. | Top FH, Wannamaker LW. | J Exp Med | 10.1084/jem.127.5.1013 | 1968 | | |
| Enzymology | Seasonal variation of streptococcal vulvo-vaginitis in an urban community. | Morris CA. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.24.9.805 | 1971 | |
| Streptococcal infection in a large general hospital. | Freeman R. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.24.4.300 | 1971 | | |
| Phylogeny | International survey of the distribution of serotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci). | Parker MT. | Bull World Health Organ | 1967 | | |
| Metabolism | Binding of IgA and/or IgG is a common property among clinical isolates of group A streptococci. | Lindahl G, Stenberg L. | Epidemiol Infect | 10.1017/s0950268800047683 | 1990 | |
| Enzymology | The serum opacity reaction of Streptococcus pyogenes: frequency of production of streptococcal lipoproteinase by strains of different serological types and the relationship of M protein production. | Top FH, Wannamaker LW. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400040936 | 1968 | |
| Pathogenicity | Resistance of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci to lincomycin and erythromycin. | Dixon JM, Lipinski AE. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.1.4.333 | 1972 | |
| Metabolism | The production of pyrogenic exotoxins by group A streptococci. | Hallas G. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400062276 | 1985 | |
| Newly recognized distinctive M protein associated with certain M type 1 group A streptococci. | Kholy AE, Guirguis NI, Wannamaker LW, Krause RM. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.11.3.551-555.1975 | 1975 | | |
| Phylogeny | Microtechnique for serum opacity factor characterization of group A streptococci adaptable to the use of human sera. | Johnson DR, Kaplan EL. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.26.10.2025-2030.1988 | 1988 | |
| Further studies of some "nontypable" group A streptococci. | Quinn RW, Maxted WR, Lowry PN. | Yale J Biol Med | 1976 | | ||
| Phylogeny | Why type streptococci? The epidemiology of group A streptococci in Oxfordshire 1976-1980. | Mayon-White RT, Perks EM. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400070303 | 1982 | |
| Phylogeny | Inhibition of beta-haemolysis by opacity factor in group A streptococci. | Pinney AM, Widdowson JP, Maxted WR. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400056254 | 1977 | |
| Phylogeny | Acute glomerulonephritis in Trinidad: serological typing of group A streptococci. | Parker MT, Bassett DC, Maxted WR, Arneaud JD. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400028394 | 1968 | |
| Enzymology | Serological characterization of group-A streptococci associated with skin sepsis in meat handlers. | Fraser CA, Ball LC, Morris CA, Noah ND. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400056175 | 1977 | |
| Phylogeny | Application of enzyme production properties in subtyping of group A streptococci according to T type. | Ofek I, Fleiderman S, Bergner-Rabinowitz S, Ginsberg I. | Appl Microbiol | 10.1128/am.22.5.748-751.1971 | 1971 | |
| An outbreak of streptococcal skin sepsis in a closed community. | Backhouse CI, Cartwright RY. | Br Med J | 10.1136/bmj.3.5929.497 | 1974 | | |
| Metabolism | The serum opacity reaction of Streptococcus pyogenes: general properties of the streptococcal factor and of the reaction in aged serum. | Hill MJ, Wannamaker LW. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400040924 | 1968 | |
| Pathogenicity | Group A Streptococcus resistant to erythromycin and lincomycin. | Dixon JM. | Can Med Assoc J | 1968 | | |
| Phylogeny | New streptococcal serotypes causing pyoderma and acute glomerulonephritis types 59,60, and 61. | Dillon HC, Dillon MS. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.9.6.1070-1078.1974 | 1974 | |
| Enzymology | M proteins of group G streptococci isolated from bacteremic human infections. | Bisno AL, Craven DE, McCabe WR. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.55.3.753-757.1987 | 1987 | |
| M proteins of group A streptococci. | Fox EN. | Bacteriol Rev | 10.1128/br.38.1.57-86.1974 | 1974 | | |
| The effect of a changed environment on bacterial colonization rates in an established burns centre. | Wormald PJ. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400042571 | 1970 | | |
| Sore throat in children: its causation and incidence. | Ross PW, Chisty SM, Knox JD. | Br Med J | 10.1136/bmj.2.5762.624 | 1971 | | |
| M antigens among group A streptococci isolated from skin lesions. | Top FH, Wannamaker LW, Maxted WR, Anthony BF. | J Exp Med | 10.1084/jem.126.4.667 | 1967 | | |
| Phylogeny | The serotyping of hospital strains of streptococci belonging to Lancefield group C and group G. | Efstratiou A. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400063865 | 1983 | |
| Enzymology | Properties of extracellular neuraminidase produced by group A streptococcus. | Davis L, Baig MM, Ayoub EM. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.24.3.780-786.1979 | 1979 | |
| Impetigo contagiosa; the association of certain types of Staphylococcus aureus and of Streptococcus pyogenes with superficial skin infections. | PARKER MT, TOMLINSON AJ, WILLIAMS RE. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400000966 | 1955 | | |
| The association of starch-accumulating strains of group A streptococci with acute nephritis and acute rheumatic fever. | CROWLEY N. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400020088 | 1959 | | |
| Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in rural South Indian children. | Koshi G, Benjamin V, Cherian G. | Bull World Health Organ | 1981 | | ||
| Clinical and bacteriological aspects of impetigo contagiosa. | BARROW GI. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400000991 | 1955 | | |
| Streptococcal pharyngitis therapy: comparison of clindamycin palmitate and potassium phenoxymethyl penicillin. | Stillerman M, Isenberg HD, Facklam RR. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.4.5.514 | 1973 | | |
| Antigens of group A streptococci involved in passive hemagglutination reactions. | Bisno AL, Ofek I, Beachey EH. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.13.2.407-412.1976 | 1976 | | |
| Attack rates of acute nephritis after type 49 streptococcal infection of the skin and of the respiratory tract. | Anthony BF, Kaplan EL, Wannamaker LW, Briese FW, Chapman SS. | J Clin Invest | 10.1172/jci106135 | 1969 | | |
| Phylogeny | Changing types of nephritogenic streptococci in Trinidad. | Potter EV, Ortiz JS, Sharrett AR, Burt EG, Bray JP, Finklea JF, Poon-King T, Earle DP. | J Clin Invest | 10.1172/jci106597 | 1971 | |
| An outbreak of streptococcal sore throat and rheumatic fever in a Royal Air Force training camp; significance of serum antibody to M-associated protein. | Widdowson JP, Maxted WR, Newrick CW, Parkin D. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400023135 | 1974 | | |
| The influence of the site of infection on the immune response to group A streptococci. | Kaplan EL, Anthony BF, Chapman SS, Ayoub EM, Wannamaker LW. | J Clin Invest | 10.1172/jci106358 | 1970 | | |
| Haemolytic streptococci in the dust of hospital wards, and their relationship to infection: A report to the Medical Research Council. | Edward DG. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400012948 | 1944 | | |
| Laboratory diagnosis of streptococcal infections. | WILLIAMS RE. | Bull World Health Organ | 1958 | | ||
| An inquiry into the incidence of cross-infections, complications and return cases in scarlet fever. | Edward DG, Crowley N, Topley E, Moore B. | J Hyg (Lond) | 10.1017/s0022172400013917 | 1947 | |
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