Streptococcus uberis 0140J

Streptococcus_uberis
Names Streptococcus uberis 0140J
Accession numbers NC_012004
Background Gram-positive nonmotile coccus. Streptococcus uberis is commensal at many body sites and has been isolated from the skin, gut, tonsils and genital tract of asymptomatic cattle. It can infect the bovine mammary gland where it causes mastitis, an inflammatory disease. Infection with S. uberis is one of the major causes of bovine mastitis worldwide and the most common cause in the UK. S.uberis is often detected in feces and can also be isolated from the environment (pasture, bedding materials) populated by cattle. However the organism survives in the environment for less than 4 weeks. It has been placed within the pyogenic cluster, a large grouping containing the human pathogens S.pyogenes, the zoonotic S.agalactiae and a number of animal pathogens occupying diverse ecological niches including S.equi and S.canis.S. uberis strain 0140J represents a typical UK isolate in terms of its ancestry. It is among the most thoroughly characterized strains that is pathogenic for both the lactating and non-lactating bovine mammary gland, environments that are quite different. It encodes a variety of metabolic options useful for benefiting from its various habitats; some of them have probably been acquired by horizontal gene transfer. It encodes a lower number of mobile genetic elements than other pyogenic streptococci (adapted from PubMed 19175920). (HAMAP: STRU0)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Firmicutes
Class:Bacilli
Order:Lactobacillales
Family:Streptococcaceae
Genus:Streptococcus
Species:uberis
Strain 0140J
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (10-MAR-2008) Holden M.T.G., Pathogen Genomics, Sanger Institute Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton,
(29-JAN-2009) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method Sanger
Isolation site clinical bovine mastitis case
Isolation country NA
Number of replicons 1
Gram staining properties Positive
Shape Cocci
Mobility No
Flagellar presence No
Number of membranes 1
Oxygen requirements Facultative
Optimal temperature 37.0
Temperature range Mesophilic
Habitat Multiple
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name Bovine
Cell arrangement Chains, Pairs
Sporulation Nonsporulating
Metabolism NA
Energy source NA
Diseases Mastitis
Pathogenicity NA