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Streptococcus pyogenes is a spherical Gram-positive bacterium around 0.6-1.0 µm in diameter, which is enclosed in a capsule and exists in pairs or in chains. It is a non-motile, facultative organism where its metabolism allows it to grow in the presence and absence of oxyge. Pyogenic streptococci are beta-haemolytic and so subsequently cause complete lysis of red blood cells in blood agar, making them clear and colourless. They produce a large number of enzymes and toxins which contribute to the invasion and pathogenesis of infections that Streptococcus pyogenes causes.
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