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What is the application of streptococcus?


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Streptococcus:

Streptococcus is a bioactive molecule that works as a coagulation buster, removing clots from heart attack sufferers' blood vessels.

Applications of Streptococcus:

  1. Streptococcus, a gram-positive coccus genus, is important in the industrial, dairy, and pollution industries.
  2. Streptococcus species cause pink eye, meningitis, bacterial pneumonia, endocarditis, erysipelas, and necrotizing fasciitis (the 'flesh-eating' bacterial illnesses).
  3. Many kinds of streptococcal bacteria, on the other hand, are found in the commensal human microbiota of the mouth, skin, and stomach and are not harmful.

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