What is Streptococcus pyogenes?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Streptococcus pyogenes'' | image = Streptococcus_pyogenes_01.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''S. pyogenes'' bacteria at 900x magnification. | regnum = [[Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Firmicutes]] | classis = [[Bacilli]] | ordo = [[Lactobacillales]] | familia = [[Streptococcaceae]] | genus = ''[[Streptococcus]]'' | species = '''''S. pyogenes''''' | binomial = ''Streptococcus pyogenes'' | binomial_authority = Rosenbach 1884 }} '''''Streptococcus pyogenes''''' is a [[bacterium]] which causes strep throat. It is the most common bacterium in the group ''[[streptococcus]]''. It can also cause scarlet fever, and is the main cause of [[toxic shock syndrome]]. The disease is treated with [[antibiotic]]s like [[penicillin]]. Group A is the most serious form. It occurs on our skin normally. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Gram-positive bacteria]]