About Streptococcus
★ General Information
gram-positive aerobic bacteria.
★ Disease
GAS (S. pyogenes): responsible for a wide variety of disease, including pharyngitis, scarlet fever, impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis, septicemia, toxic shock syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis and the sequelae, rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis
GBS (S.agalactiae): neonatal meningitis, bacteria sepsis and pneumonia
S. pneumoniae: pneumonia.
★ Lineage
Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae; Streptococcus
★ Taxonomy ID
1301