Editing Streptococcus (section)

==== Group C ====
This group includes ''S. equi'', which causes [[strangles]] in horses,<ref name=Harrington_2002>{{cite journal | vauthors = Harrington DJ, Sutcliffe IC, Chanter N | title = The molecular basis of Streptococcus equi infection and disease | journal = Microbes and Infection | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 501–510 | date = April 2002 | pmid = 11932201 | doi = 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)01565-4 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and ''[[Streptococcus zooepidemicus|S. zooepidemicus]]'' — ''[[Strangles|S. equi]]'' is a [[Clone (cell biology)|clonal]] descendant or [[biovar]] of the ancestral ''[[Streptococcus zooepidemicus|S. zooepidemicus]]'' — which causes infections in several species of mammals, including cattle and horses. ''[[Streptococcus dysgalactiae|S. dysgalactiae]] subsp. dysgalactiae''<ref name="Haslam_2023">{{cite book  | vauthors = Haslam DB, St Geme III JW | chapter = 122 - Groups C and G Streptococci | pages = 752–753 | veditors = Long SS, Prober CG, Fischer M, Kimberlin D |title=Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases | date = 2023 | edition = Sixth |publisher=Elsevier  | doi = 10.1016/B978-0-323-75608-2.00122-1 | isbn = 978-0-323-75608-2 }} Note that according to the same source, the subspecies ''equisimilis'' is a grouping of large ''S. dysgalactiae'' colonies, whether they are members of Group C or Group G.</ref> is also a member of group C, [[beta-haemolytic streptococci]] that can cause [[pharyngitis]] and other [[pyogenic]] infections similar to [[Group a streptococcus|group A streptococci]]. Group C streptococcal bacteria are considered zoonotic pathogens, meaning infection can be passed from animal to human.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Klos |first=Marta |date=12 June 2017 |title=Pathogenicity of Virulent Species of Group C Streptococci in Human |journal=Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol |volume=2017|pages=1–5 |doi=10.1155/2017/9509604 |doi-access=free |pmid=28694832 |pmc=5485279 }}</ref>