General Information of MIC (ID: MIC01263)
MIC Name Streptococcus pneumoniae (firmicutes)
MIC Synonyms Micrococcus pneumoniae
Body Site Nose
Lineage Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Oxygen Sensitivity Facultative anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism Saccharolytic; Respiratory or Fermentative
Gram Positive
Host Relationship Pathogen
Genome Size (bp) 2188259
No. of Coding Genes 2080
No. of Non-Coding Genes 45
No. of Small Non-Coding Genes 45
No. of Gene Transcripts 2125
No. of Base Pairs 2188259
Description Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive, alpha-hemolytic or beta-hemolytic member of the genus Streptococcus. They are usually found in pairs and do not form spores and are nonmotile. As a significant human pathogenic bacterium S. pneumoniae was recognized as a major cause of pneumonia.
External Links Taxonomy ID
1313
Genome Assembly ID
Spn.str2298_v1.0
GOLD Organism ID
Go0003791
Disease Relevance
          Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  [ICD-11: CA22]
             Description Acute pulmonary infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae was characterized by high bacterial numbers in the lung. [1]
          Influenza  [ICD-11: 1E30]
             Description Much of the mortality attributed to influenza virus is due to secondary bacterial pneumonia, particularly from Streptococcus pneumoniae. [2]
          Otitis media  [ICD-11: AA80]
             Description Streptococcus pneumoniae was associated with chronic forms of otitis media. [3]
          Pneumonia  [ICD-11: CA40]
             Description The Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae can cause pneumonia. [4]
          Pneumonia  [ICD-11: CA40]
             Description Streptococcus pneumoniae infection can lead to pneumococcal disease, a major cause of mortality in children under the age of five years. [5]
          Sepsis  [ICD-11: 1G41]
             Description Intracellular replication of Streptococcus pneumoniae inside splenic macrophages served as a reservoir for septicaemia. [6]
Host Genetic Factors (HGFs)
          DEFB103A
             HGF ID HGF2349 HGF Info       Class Copy Number Variation: Gene Deletion (CNV-GDe)
             Description The increased DEFB-CN has been significantly associated with the abundance of Streptococcus pneumoniae (p-value<0.05). [7]
          rs2275913
             HGF ID HGF1732 HGF Info       Class Single Nucleotide Polymorphism: Upstream variant (SNP-UV)
             Description The IL-17 SNP rs2275913 was connected with Streptococcus pneumoniae detection in the hypopharynx. [8]
Host Immune Factors (HIFs)
          Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1
             HIF ID HIFM0120 HIF Info       Class Checkpoint molecule (CM)
             Description The host tryptophan-catabolizing enzyme, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1(IDO1), is induced specifically in the lungs of mice infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae. [9]
          Programmed death-ligand 1
             HIF ID HIFM0189 HIF Info       Class Checkpoint molecule (CM)
             Description PD-L1 was important negative regulators of the adaptive immune response to the polysaccharide capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae. [10]
          Programmed death-ligand 2
             HIF ID HIFM0190 HIF Info       Class Checkpoint molecule (CM)
             Description PD-L2 was important negative regulators of the adaptive immune response to the polysaccharide capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae. [10]
          C-X-C motif chemokine 10
             HIF ID HIFM0074 HIF Info       Class Cytokine (Cyt)
             Description Streptococcus pneumoniae contributes to a faster and possibly higher level of CXCL10/IP-10 expression induced by RSV infection in human MDMs. [11]
          BATF3+ dendritic cells
             HIF ID HIFC0167 HIF Info       Class Dendritic cells (DCs)
             Description Batf3+ dendritic cells induced IgA responses which showed clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae. [12]
          Immunoglobulin M
             HIF ID HIFM0266 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description IgM is effective during Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. [13]
          Immunoglobulin G2
             HIF ID HIFM0268 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description IgG2 could response to Streptococcus pneumoniae. [14]
          Immunoglobulin G1
             HIF ID HIFM0269 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description IgG1 could response to the choline-binding protein PspC of Streptococcus pneumoniae. [15]
          Immunoglobulin G
             HIF ID HIFM0270 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description IgG could response to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide (PCP). [16]
          Immunoglobulin A1
             HIF ID HIFM0275 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description The activity of IgA1 proteases from Streptococcus pneumoniae could effect enzymolysis of human immunoglobulin A1(lgA1). [17]
          Immunoglobulin A2
             HIF ID HIFM0276 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description Streptococcus pneumoniae surface antigen could have higher proportion of IgA2. [18]
          Immunoglobulin D
             HIF ID HIFM0277 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description Elevated IgD levels is associated with Streptococcus pneumonia infection. [19]
          Immunoglobulin A
             HIF ID HIFM0272 HIF Info       Class Immunoglobulin (Ig)
             Description IgA immune responses was associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae. [20]
          Alveolar macrophages
             HIF ID HIFC0170 HIF Info       Class Macrophages (Mac)
             Description Induction of memory alveolar macrophages following viral exposure is associated with trained immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in the lung. [21]
          CD43++ monocytes
             HIF ID HIFC0212 HIF Info       Class Monocytes (Mono)
             Description CD43++ monocytes were preferentially reduced after intranasal infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae. [22]
          CD4+ regulatory T cells
             HIF ID HIFC0034 HIF Info       Class T cells (TCs)
             Description CD4+ T cells mediated humoral immune responses to type 3 capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae. [23]
Environmental Factor(s)
             Disbiome ID
      122
             gutMDisorder ID
      gm0624
             aBiofilm Organism
      Streptococcus pneumoniae
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7 Copy number variation of the beta defensin gene cluster on chromosome 8p influences the bacterial microbiota within the nasopharynx of otitis-prone children.PLoS One. 2014 May 27;9(5):e98269. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098269. eCollection 2014.
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