Streptococcus uberis explained

Streptococcus uberis is a species of Streptococcus.^[1] It is one of the most common causes of mastitis in dairy cattle.^[2] S. uberis KJ2 is put in oral probiotics and sold, the efficacy of this is contested. ^[3]

Further reading

• Tassi. R.. McNeilly. T.N.. Fitzpatrick. J.L.. Fontaine. M.C.. Reddick. D.. Ramage. C.. Lutton. M.. Schukken. Y.H.. Zadoks. R.N.. Strain-specific pathogenicity of putative host-adapted and nonadapted strains of Streptococcus uberis in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. Aug 2013. 96. 8. 5129–5145. 10.3168/jds.2013-6741. 23769372. free.

External links

• Type strain of Streptococcus uberis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Coffey TJ, Pullinger GD, Urwin R . First insights into the evolution of Streptococcus uberis: a multilocus sequence typing scheme that enables investigation of its population biology . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. . 72 . 2 . 1420–8 . February 2006 . 16461695 . 1392973 . 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1420-1428.2006 . 2006ApEnM..72.1420C . etal .
2. Bradley . A.J. . September 2002 . Bovine Mastitis: An Evolving Disease . The Veterinary Journal . en . 164 . 2 . 116–128 . 10.1053/tvjl.2002.0724. 12359466 .
3. Laleman . Isabelle . Yilmaz . Eftal . Ozcelik . Onur . Haytac . Cenk . Pauwels . Martine . Herrero . Esteban R. . Slomka . Vera . Quirynen . Marc . Alkaya . Bahar . Teughels . Wim . November 2015 . The effect of a streptococci containing probiotic in periodontal therapy: a randomized controlled trial . Journal of Clinical Periodontology . 42 . 11 . 1032–1041 . 10.1111/jcpe.12464 . 1600-051X . 26427036.