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Streptococcus uberis

Streptococcus uberis is a species of Streptococcus. It is one of the most common causes of mastitis in dairy cattle. S. uberis KJ2 is put in oral probiotics and sold, the efficacy of this is contested.

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Streptococcus uberis
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species:
S. uberis
Binomial name
Streptococcus uberis
Diernhofer 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)

Streptococcus uberis is a species of Streptococcus.1 It is one of the most common causes of mastitis in dairy cattle.2 S. uberis KJ2 is put in oral probiotics and sold, the efficacy of this is contested. 3

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  1. Coffey TJ, Pullinger GD, Urwin R, et al. (February 2006). "First insights into the evolution of Streptococcus uberis: a multilocus sequence typing scheme that enables investigation of its population biology". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 (2): 1420–8. Bibcode:2006ApEnM..72.1420C. doi:10.1128/AEM.72.2.1420-1428.2006. PMC 1392973. PMID 16461695.
  2. Bradley, A.J. (September 2002). "Bovine Mastitis: An Evolving Disease". The Veterinary Journal. 164 (2): 116–128. doi:10.1053/tvjl.2002.0724. PMID 12359466.
  3. Laleman, Isabelle; Yilmaz, Eftal; Ozcelik, Onur; Haytac, Cenk; Pauwels, Martine; Herrero, Esteban R.; Slomka, Vera; Quirynen, Marc; Alkaya, Bahar; Teughels, Wim (November 2015). "The effect of a streptococci containing probiotic in periodontal therapy: a randomized controlled trial". Journal of Clinical Periodontology. 42 (11): 1032–1041. doi:10.1111/jcpe.12464. ISSN 1600-051X. PMID 26427036.
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