Biology:Streptococcus downei

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Streptococcus downei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species:
S. downei
Binomial name
Streptococcus downei
Whiley et al. 1988

Streptococcus downei is a Gram-positive bacterium, with type strain MFe28 (NCTC 11391T).[1] It is thought to be cariogenic.

References

  1. Whiley, R. A.; Russell, R. R. B.; Hardie, J. M.; Beighton, D. (1988). "Streptococcus downei sp. nov. for Strains Previously Described as Streptococcus mutans Serotype h". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 38 (1): 25–29. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-25. ISSN 0020-7713. 

Further reading

  • "First isolation of Streptococcus downei from human dental plaques.". FEMS Microbiol Lett 249 (2): 323–6. 2005. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.020. PMID 16002238. 
  • Monchois, Vincent, Martha Arguello-Morales, and Roy RB Russell. "Isolation of an Active Catalytic Core ofStreptococcus downei MFe28 GTF-I Glucosyltransferase." Journal of Bacteriology 181.7 (1999): 2290–2292.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16992796 entry