Streptococcus infantarius

Streptococcus infantarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species: Streptococcus infantarius
Schlegel et al. 2000
Subspecies

Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius
Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli

Streptococcus infantarius is a species of bacteria.[1]

Natural genetic transformation

S. infantarius is competent for natural genetic transformation.[2] Competence can be induced in cultures at high cell density, and is transient.

References

  1. ↑ Schlegel, L.; Grimont, F.; Collins, M. D.; Regnault, B.; Grimont, P.; Bouvet, A. (2000). "Streptococcus infantarius sp. nov., Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius subsp. nov. and Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli subsp. nov., isolated from humans and food". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (4): 1425–1434. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-4-1425. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10939646.
  2. ↑ Morrison DA, Guédon E, Renault P (2013). "Competence for natural genetic transformation in the Streptococcus bovis group streptococci S. infantarius and S. macedonicus". J. Bacteriol. 195 (11): 2612–20. doi:10.1128/JB.00230-13. PMC 3676052. PMID 23543718.

Further reading

  • Corredoira, J.; Alonso, M. P.; Coira, A.; Varela, J. (2008). "Association between Streptococcus infantarius (Formerly S. bovis II/1) Bacteremia and Noncolonic Cancer". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46 (4): 1570–1570. doi:10.1128/JCM.00129-08. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 2292944. PMID 18256231.
  • Jans, C.; Follador, R.; Lacroix, C.; Meile, L.; Stevens, M. J. A. (2012). "Complete Genome Sequence of the African Dairy Isolate Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius Strain CJ18". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (8): 2105–2106. doi:10.1128/JB.00160-12. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 3318475. PMID 22461547.
  • Jans, Christoph; Follador, Rainer; Hochstrasser, Mira; Lacroix, Christophe; Meile, Leo; Stevens, Marc J A (2013). "Comparative genome analysis of Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius CJ18, an African fermented camel milk isolate with adaptations to dairy environment". BMC Genomics. 14 (1): 200. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-14-200. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 3640971. PMID 23521820.


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