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]

Streptococcus uberis
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species:
S. uberis
Binomial name
Streptococcus uberis
Diernhofer 1932 (Approved Lists 1980)

References

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  1. Coffey TJ, Pullinger GD, Urwin R, et al. (February 2006). "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. Bibcode:2006ApEnM..72.1420C. doi:10.1128/AEM.72.2.1420-1428.2006. PMC 1392973. PMID 16461695.
  2. Bradley, A.J. (September 2002). "Bovine Mastitis: An Evolving Disease". The Veterinary Journal. 164 (2): 116–128. doi:10.1053/tvjl.2002.0724. PMID 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. doi:10.1111/jcpe.12464. ISSN 1600-051X. PMID 26427036.

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