KEGG   GENOME: Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS15252 (serotype M59)
Entry
T01794            Complete  Genome                                 
Org code
stg
Name
Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS15252 (serotype M59)
Annotation
yes
Taxonomy
TAX:798300
  Lineage
Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae; Streptococcus
Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
Data source
GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000250905.1 Complete Genome)
BioProject: 49669
Keywords
Human pathogen
Disease
H00333  Streptococcal infection
H01426  Invasive streptococcal disease
H01455  Necrotizing fasciitis
Comment
Group A streptococcus (GAS).
Caused a epidemic of severe invasive human infections, heretofore an exceedingly rare cause of disease, spread west to east across Canada over a 3-year period (2006 to 2008).
Chromosome
Circular
  Sequence
GB:CP003116
  Length
1750832
Statistics
Number of nucleotides:       1750832
Number of protein genes:        1662
Number of RNA genes:              74
Created
2012
Reference
PMID:22330677
  Authors
Fittipaldi N, Beres SB, Olsen RJ, Kapur V, Shea PR, Watkins ME, Cantu CC, Laucirica DR, Jenkins L, Flores AR, et al.
  Title
Full-genome dissection of an epidemic of severe invasive disease caused by a hypervirulent, recently emerged clone of group A Streptococcus.
  Journal
Am J Pathol 180:1522-34 (2012)
DOI:10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.12.037
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