Streptococcus sobrinus

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Streptococcus sobrinus

A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from the human tooth surface.

Scientific classification

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

[edit] Pathogenic Activity

Dental caries is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in humans caused by Streptococcus sobrinus.

[edit] Virulence

Streptococcus sobrinus produces a virulence-associated immunomodulatory protein (VIP) which suppresses the host-specific immune response and induces the early production of IL-10.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

Ref.

Therapeutic Vaccine against Streptococcus sobrinus-induced Caries