| Entry | T00079 |
| Org code | spm |
| Name | Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS8232 (serotype M18) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:186103 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae; Streptococcus; Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Org group | Bacteria; Bacilli; Lactobacillales |
| 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_000007285.1 Complete Genome) |
| Keywords | Human pathogen |
| Disease | H00333 Streptococcal infection |
| Comment | GroupA streptococcus (GAS).
Associated for decades with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks in the U.S.
Isolated from a patient with Acute rheumatic fever. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: AE009949) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 1845
Number of RNA genes: 12 |
| Created | 2002 |
| Reference | PMID: 11917108 |
| Authors | Smoot JC, Barbian KD, Van Gompel JJ, Smoot LM, Chaussee MS, Sylva GL, Sturdevant DE, Ricklefs SM, Porcella SF, Parkins LD, et al. |
| Title | Genome sequence and comparative microarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks. |
| Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:4668-73 (2002)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.062526099 |
