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An unusual Streptococcus from human urine, Streptococcus urinalis sp. nov.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2000
Collins M D, Hutson R A, Falsen E, Nikolaitchouk N, LaClaire L, Facklam R R
Abstract excerpt
Biochemical, molecular chemical and molecular genetic studies were performed on an unknown Gram-positive, catalase-negative, chain-forming coccus isolated from the urine of a patient suffering from cystitis. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that the organism is a member of the 'pyogenic subgroup' of the genus Streptococcus and has a close affinity with Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus canis....
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