GroupA streptococcus (GAS).
Induces necrotizing fasciitis in a mouse infection model.
Isolated from a patient with streptococcal toxic-shock like syndrome in Japan in 1994.
Nakagawa I, Kurokawa K, Yamashita A, Nakata M, Tomiyasu Y, Okahashi N, Kawabata S, Yamazaki K, Shiba T, Yasunaga T, et al.
Title
Genome sequence of an M3 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes reveals a large-scale genomic rearrangement in invasive strains and new insights into phage evolution.
