1. Streptococcus fryi sp. nov., a novel species with Lancefield group M antigens
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Takayuki Ezaki, Susanne Sauer, Yuji Morita, Yoshiaki Kawamura, and Junko Tomida
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Phylogenetic tree ,Streptococcus ,Ribosomal RNA ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,16S ribosomal RNA ,Streptococcaceae ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology ,Homology (biology) ,Phylogenetics ,Genetics ,medicine ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Molecular Biology - Abstract
The taxonomic characteristics of β-hemolytic streptococcal strains that reacted with Lancefield group M antisera were investigated. Group M streptococci have not been proposed as a species to date. Four strains of the group M streptococci isolated from dog were located within the pyogenic group of the genus Streptococcus on 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic analysis; the group M strains were located a short distance away from all other members of the group. The homology values of 16S rRNA gene sequences between group M strains and all other streptococci were
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- 2010