Publisher Summary This chapter discusses genetic manipulation of pathogenic streptococci.
The streptococci are a diverse class of gram-positive bacterial species containing many
human pathogens. Suppurative diseases, including pharyngitis, scarlet fever, cellulitis of the
skin, impetigo, erysipelas, and the recently recognized toxic shock-like syndrome, are
associated with infection by Streptococcus pyogenes, which is also responsible for the
serious non suppurative diseases of acute glomerulonephritis and rheumatic fever …