… Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus pneumoniae, who share a common ancestor but
evolved lifestyles on different ends of the pathogenic potential spectrum: S. mitis … mitis. We show …

… Our finding of multiple populations with distinct virulence profiles is concordant with the
current theory that S. mitis has transitioned from a more pathogenic species to adopt a …

… of the mitis group are Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus … including Streptococcus oralis,
Streptococcus sanguinis, and … population, and Streptococcus salivarius accounted for 40%–…

… Streptococcus mitis is a common oral commensal and an … streptococcal species. Effective
and easy-to-use molecular typing tools are essential for understanding bacterial population …

… The high rates of recombination both within and between species led us to repeat our
analysis and extract all reads belonging to the streptococcal Mitis group. Both of these read …

… Streptococcus mitis is a leading cause of infective endocarditis (IE). However, our … mitis
isolates collected from the UK and Ireland, and we determined if population-level genetic …

… mitis cannot be related to receptive oral intercourse. Instead, it is likely a bloom of a population
resident to the female’s urogenital tract. That the female’s S. mitis population is clonal and …

… Viridans group streptococci (VGS), especially the Streptococcus mitis-oralis subgroup, are
pivotal pathogens in a variety of invasive endovascular infections, including “toxic shock” in …

… Streptococcus mitis, a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, is a member of Viridans Group
Streptococci (VGS). … mitis is considered to have low pathogenic potential in immunocompetent …

… pressure on the pneumococcal population structure, it will be important to monitor the
influence of antimicrobial resistance HGT from commensal streptococci such as S. mitis . …