Streptococcus suis

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		+	It is a peanut-shaped, Gram-positive bacterium, facultatively anaerobe coccus and an important pathogen of pigs.
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		+	|+ '''Scientific classification'''
		+	!Kingdom || Bacteria
		+	|-
		+	! Phylum || Firmicutes
		+	|-
		+	! Class || Bacilli
		+	|-
		+	! Order || Lactobacillales
		+	|-
		+	! Family || Streptococcaceae
		+	|-
		+	! Genus || Streptococcus
		+	|-
		+	! Species || '''''S. suis'''''
		+	|-
		+	! Binomial || ''Streptococcus suis''
		+	|}
		+	==Transmission==
		+	Humans can be infected with S. suis when they handle infected pig carcasses or meat, especially with exposed cuts and abrasions on their hands.
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		+	==Pathogenic Activity==
		+	Human infection can be severe, with septicaemia, endocarditis, and deafness as possible outcomes of infection. It has also been identified as the most common cause of meningitis in Vietnam
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		+	==References==
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		+	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_suis Wikipedia]
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		+	[http://genome.jgi-psf.org/strsu/strsu.home.html ]

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Streptococcus suis

It is a peanut-shaped, Gram-positive bacterium, facultatively anaerobe coccus and an important pathogen of pigs.

Scientific classification

Kingdom	Bacteria
Phylum	Firmicutes
Class	Bacilli
Order	Lactobacillales
Family	Streptococcaceae
Genus	Streptococcus
Species	S. suis
Binomial	Streptococcus suis

Transmission

Humans can be infected with S. suis when they handle infected pig carcasses or meat, especially with exposed cuts and abrasions on their hands.

Pathogenic Activity

Human infection can be severe, with septicaemia, endocarditis, and deafness as possible outcomes of infection. It has also been identified as the most common cause of meningitis in Vietnam

References

Wikipedia

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