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| A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from abscesses in submaxillary glands and mucopurulent discharges of the upper respiratory tract of horses. This organism belongs to Group C streptococci with regards to antigen response and is known to cause strangles. The subspecies S. zooepidemicus is also considered a pathogen of horses.
| infection: coord IM with STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS (IM); DF: STREP EQUI
| Other names Streptococcus zooepidemicus; Streptococcus zooepidemicus
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| ZooA protein, Streptococcus equi
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*Bacterial Proteins Bacteriocins Lysostaphin Streptococcus equi.
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Gene 1997 Apr 21;189(2);255-61
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