| Streptococcus downei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Streptococcaceae |
| Genus: | Streptococcus |
| Species: | S. downei
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| Binomial name | |
| Streptococcus downei Whiley et al. 1988
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Streptococcus downei is a Gram-positive bacterium, with type strain MFe28 (NCTC 11391T).[1] It is thought to be cariogenic.
- ^ Whiley, R. A.; Russell, R. R. B.; Hardie, J. M.; Beighton, D. (1988). "Streptococcus downei sp. nov. for Strains Previously Described as Streptococcus mutans Serotype h". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (1): 25–29. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-25. ISSN 0020-7713.