Streptococcus infantarius

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Streptococcus | species = infantarius | authority = Schlegel et al. 2000 | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli'' <small>Schlegel et al. 2000</small> *''Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius'' | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{GBIF |id=3227099 |taxon=''Streptococcus infantarius'' |accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref> }}

'''''Streptococcus infantarius''''' is a species of bacteria.<ref name="SchlegelGrimont2000">{{cite journal|last1=Schlegel|first1=L.|last2=Grimont|first2=F.|last3=Collins|first3=M. D.|last4=Regnault|first4=B.|last5=Grimont|first5=P.|last6=Bouvet|first6=A.|title=Streptococcus infantarius sp. nov., Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius subsp. nov. and Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli subsp. nov., isolated from humans and food|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=50|issue=4|year=2000|pages=1425–1434|issn=1466-5026|doi=10.1099/00207713-50-4-1425|pmid=10939646|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Natural genetic transformation==

''S. infantarius'' is competent for natural genetic transformation.<ref name="pmid23543718">{{cite journal |vauthors=Morrison DA, Guédon E, Renault P |title=Competence for natural genetic transformation in the Streptococcus bovis group streptococci S. infantarius and S. macedonicus |journal=J. Bacteriol. |volume=195 |issue=11 |pages=2612–20 |year=2013 |pmid=23543718 |pmc=3676052 |doi=10.1128/JB.00230-13 }}</ref> Competence can be induced in cultures at high cell density, and is transient.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite journal|last1=Corredoira|first1=J.|last2=Alonso|first2=M. P.|last3=Coira|first3=A.|last4=Varela|first4=J.|title=Association between Streptococcus infantarius (Formerly S. bovis II/1) Bacteremia and Noncolonic Cancer|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|volume=46|issue=4|year=2008|pages=1570|issn=0095-1137|doi=10.1128/JCM.00129-08|pmid=18256231|pmc=2292944}} *{{cite journal|last1=Jans|first1=C.|last2=Follador|first2=R.|last3=Lacroix|first3=C.|last4=Meile|first4=L.|last5=Stevens|first5=M. J. A.|title=Complete Genome Sequence of the African Dairy Isolate Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius Strain CJ18|journal=Journal of Bacteriology|volume=194|issue=8|year=2012|pages=2105–2106|issn=0021-9193|doi=10.1128/JB.00160-12|pmid=22461547|pmc=3318475}} *{{cite journal|last1=Jans|first1=Christoph|last2=Follador|first2=Rainer|last3=Hochstrasser|first3=Mira|last4=Lacroix|first4=Christophe|last5=Meile|first5=Leo|last6=Stevens|first6=Marc J A|title=Comparative genome analysis of Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius CJ18, an African fermented camel milk isolate with adaptations to dairy environment|journal=BMC Genomics|volume=14|issue=1|year=2013|pages=200|issn=1471-2164|doi=10.1186/1471-2164-14-200|pmid=23521820|pmc=3640971 |doi-access=free }}

==External links== *{{EOL}} *[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/streptococcus LPSN] *[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=14832&submit=Search Type strain of ''Streptococcus infantarius'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Streptococcus infantarius}} infantarius Category:Bacteria described in 2000