| Streptococcus downei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Streptococcaceae |
| Genus: | Streptococcus |
| Species: | S. downei
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| Binomial name | |
| Streptococcus downei Whiley et al. 1988
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Streptococcus downei is a species of catalase-negative, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium from the genus Streptococcus. Its type strain is MFe28 (NCTC 11391T).1 It is thought to be cariogenic.
References
References
- Whiley, R. A.; Russell, R. R. B.; Hardie, J. M.; Beighton, D. (1988). "Streptococcus downei sp. nov. for Strains Previously Described as Streptococcus mutans Serotype h". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (1): 25–29. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-25. ISSN 0020-7713.
Further reading
Further reading
- Yoo SY, Kim KJ, Lim SH, Kim KW, Hwang HK, Min BM, et al. (2005). "First isolation of Streptococcus downei from human dental plaques". FEMS Microbiol Lett. 249 (2): 323–6. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.020. PMID 16002238.
- Monchois, Vincent, Martha Arguello-Morales, and Roy RB Russell. "Isolation of an Active Catalytic Core ofStreptococcus downei MFe28 GTF-I Glucosyltransferase." Journal of Bacteriology 181.7 (1999): 2290–2292.
External links
External links
- "Streptococcus downei". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- LPSN
- Type strain of Streptococcus downei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase