Purpose. Streptococcus oralis and Streptococcus mitis belong to the Mitis group, which are
mostly commensals in the human oral cavity. Even though S. oralis and S. mitis are oral …

Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguinis belong to the Mitis group streptococci,
which mostly are commensals in the human oral cavity. Though they are oral commensals …

Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguinis are pioneer colonizers of dental
plaque and important agents of bacterial infective endocarditis (IE). To gain a greater …

Streptococcus tigurinus is a new member of the Mitis group and is associated with infective
endocarditis. Low and high virulent variants have been described. A search was made in the …

Streptococcus sanguinis, an abundant and benign inhabitant of the oral cavity, is an
important etiologic agent of infective endocarditis (IE), particularly in people with …

Biofilm is an extremely complex microbial community arranged in a matrix of
polysaccharides and attached to a substrate. Its development is crucial in the …

Streptococcus tigurinus is responsible for severe invasive infections such as infective
endocarditis, spondylodiscitis and meningitis. As described, S. tigurinus isolates AZ_3aT …

The oral streptococci are spherical Gram-positive bacteria categorized under the phylum
Firmicutes which are among the most common causative agents of bacterial infective …

Background Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus is an important causative agent of
infectious endocarditis, while the pathogenicity of this species is widely unclear. To gain …

Streptococcus oralis is an early colonizer bacterium in dental plaques and is considered a
potential pathogen of infective endocarditis (IE) disease. In this study, we built a complete …