Streptococcus downei

Streptococcus downei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Streptococcaceae
Genus:	Streptococcus
Species:	S. downei
Binomial name
Streptococcus downei Whiley et al. 1988

Streptococcus downei is a Gram-positive bacterium, with type strain MFe28 (NCTC 11391^T).^[1] It is thought to be cariogenic.

• Yoo SY, Kim KJ, Lim SH, Kim KW, Hwang HK, Min BM, et al. (2005). "First isolation of Streptococcus downei from human dental plaques". FEMS Microbiol Lett. 249 (2): 323–6. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.020. PMID 16002238.
• Monchois, Vincent, Martha Arguello-Morales, and Roy RB Russell. "Isolation of an Active Catalytic Core ofStreptococcus downei MFe28 GTF-I Glucosyltransferase." Journal of Bacteriology 181.7 (1999): 2290–2292.

• "Streptococcus downei". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• LPSN
• Type strain of Streptococcus downei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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