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Genome sequence of a nephritogenic and highly transformable M49 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2008
McShan W Michael, Ferretti Joseph J, Karasawa Tadahiro, Suvorov Alexander N, Lin Shaoping, Qin Biafang, Jia Honggui, Kenton Steve, Najar Fares, Wu Hongmin, Scott Julie, Roe Bruce A, Savic Dragutin J
Abstract excerpt
The 1,815,783-bp genome of a serotype M49 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus [GAS]), strain NZ131, has been determined. This GAS strain (FCT type 3; emm pattern E), originally isolated from a case of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, is unusually competent for electrotransformation and has been used extensively as a model organism for both basic genetic and pathogenesis...
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