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. 2010 Aug;48(8):2975-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00444-10. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

Distribution of emm types and genetic characterization of the mgc locus in group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis from a hospital in northern Taiwan

Sung-Pin Tseng  1 , Yu-Yin Lin, Jui-Chang Tsai, Po-Ren Hsueh, Hsiao-Jan Chen, Wei-Chun Hung, Lee-Jene Teng
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Distribution of emm types and genetic characterization of the mgc locus in group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis from a hospital in northern Taiwan

Sung-Pin Tseng et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

A total of 274 Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates was analyzed by emm typing and by determining the organization of their mgrC loci. Three of the most frequent emm types were stG485.0 (45/274, 16.4%), stG6.1 (43/274, 15.7%), and stC839.0 (32/274, 11.7%), in decreasing order. The cpdB-positive mgrC locus appears to be predominant in some emm types.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Genetic organization of mgrC loci in S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis NTUH-5518 (large type) and NTUH-7688 (small type). Genes are shown as arrows indicating the direction of transcription. The sequence of the 8-nucleotide repeat (GCAACTAA) in NTUH-7688 (one copy) and NTUH-5518 (two copies) is indicated. The dotted arrows indicate undetermined sequences of nrd and rel. The start (ATG) and stop (TAA) codons of cpdB are underlined.
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