Streptococcus pyogenes Strep throat is a common bacterial infection among college students. This year within the first few weeks I acquired the bacterial infection know as strep caused by Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria. I thought it would be interesting to research because I have had strep many times in my life and I am also very allergic to many of the antibiotics which treat strep throat. Classification of an organism tells a lot about its characteristics. This particular species of bacteria comes from the domain-prokaryotes; kingdom- bacteria; phylum-Firmicutes; Class-Bacilli; Order- Lactobacillales; Family- Streptococcaceae; Genus- Streptococcus; Species- Streptococcus pyogenes. This species has no nuclear membrane-genetic material is floating freely in the cytoplasm- and no membrane bound organelles besides ribosomes which reside in the cytoplasm. They are only a few micrometers long and widely differentiate in shape, yet they grow in long chains. This species of bacteria is a gram-positive lactic acid bacterium. The good thing about gram-positive cells, which we have learned in class, is that that are easily treated with antibiotics. This species release large amounts of hemoglobin. …show more content…
As the bacterium spreads deeper and deeper it becomes more and more sever. The word pyogenes comes from pyogenic which means pus causing. This is why when you have strep throat you acquire white dots on the very red surface f the flesh-typically throat. There is not vaccine against this particular bacterium because it is very adaptable to the human host and can easily mutate itself. Streptococcus pyogenes is the leading cause of bacterial pharyngitis and tonsillitis which both are referred to as a type of strep