… From a common ancestor, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis evolved
in … use the term commensal or mutualist for viridans streptococci other than pneumococci. …

… Streptococcus mitis is a member of the Mitis group of viridans … to commensal lifestyle (S.
mitis) by losing virulence-associated genes and genome reduction or by improving the …

… Streptococcus mitis is an oral commensal and a common cause of subacute infective … of
fap1 and asaA across 20 genome sequenced S. mitis strains. What was initially thought to be an …

… Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen that causes various diseases of public
… to evaluate the potential of Streptococcus mitis , a commensal that exhibits immune cross-…

… Streptococcus genera, such as Streptococcus mitis and salivarius, are recognized as
commensals … The objectives of this study were to (i) investigate the EM-371 strain genome in silico …

… Streptococcus mitis is a normal commensal of the human oral cavity and oropharynx. This
… primers and approximately 200 ng of genomic DNA of S. mitis . The thermal cycling program …

… HP01 belongs to Streptococcus oralis in the Mitis group and … The genome analysis revealed
divergence of the strain HP01 … that include most commensal and acidogenic bacteria and …

… mitis is the dominant commensal of the oral cavity, and compared to other VGS species, it
often causes clinically serious … pneumoniae are part of the genome of certain strains of S. …

… A genome analysis of 68 representative genomes from the … , whereas Streptococcus oralis
and Streptococcus mitis are … Oral streptococci have generally been regarded as commensal …

This chapter mainly covers the microbes that cause mucosal infection. Many microorganisms
can invade the oral mucosa, causing infectious stomatitis. Infectious stomatitis is classified …