Streptococcus pyogenes, is an important human pathogen classified within the pyogenic group of streptococci, exclusively adapted to the human host. Our goal was to employ a comparative evolutionary approach to better understand the genomic events concomitant with S. pyogenes human adaptation. As part of ascertaining these events, we sequenced the genome of one of the potential sister species, t...

Vellore, a region in southern India, has a high incidence of severe human infections with Beta-hemolytic group C and G streptococci (GCGS). To determine the causative species in these infections, we conducted 16S rRNA gene sequencing: Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (81%) and S. anginosus (19%) were the causative organisms in the 2-year study period (2006-2007). We used PCR to det...

Streptococcus canis is an important opportunistic pathogen that infects animals and humans. It causes various infections, including streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, otitis externa, arthritis, skin necrotizing fasciitis, septicemia in dogs cats. can also lead to human infections. There are still very few specific studies on the identification antimicrobial resistance of this pathogen. In stud...

A cohaemolysin from the culture supernate of a canine pathogenic group G streptococcus (S. canis) was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The purification procedure involved ammonium sulphate precipitation, ultrafiltration, gel filtration and preparative isoelectric focusing. The cohaemolysin consisted of a single polypeptide chain, 18.6 kDa, with an isoelectric point at pH 5.1. The protei...

Beta-hemolytic, pyogenic streptococci are classified according to type of major surface antigen into A (Streptococcus pyogenes), B (Streptococcus agalactiae), C (multiple species including Streptococcus dysagalactiae) and G (multiple species including Streptococcus canis) Lancefield groups. Group A Streptococcus causes each year hundreds of thousands deaths globally as a result of infections an...

Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) is a human pathogen that colonizes the skin or throat, and causes a range of diseases from relatively benign pharyngitis to potentially fatal invasive diseases. While not as virulent as the close relative Streptococcus pyogenes the two share a number of virulence factors and are known to coexist in a human host. Both pre- and post-genomic stu...