| T number | T01794 |
| Org_code | stg |
| Name | Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS15252 (serotype M59) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 798300 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; 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 |
Streptococcus pyogenes MGAS15252 (serotype M59)