Streptococcus pyogenes culture. Petri dish containing a nutrient medium that has been used to culture a microbe which has been identified as the bacte

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Streptococcus pyogenes culture. Petri dish containing a nutrient medium that has been used to culture a microbe which has been identified as the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. This bacterium can colonize the upper respiratory tract without signs of disease, but generally it is a pathogen of humans with a wide range of diseases. Most common is the inflammation of the pharynx but it can also cause life-threatening infections such as skin or soft-tissue infections.

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