Oral mitis group streptococci: A silent majority in our oral cavity

N Okahashi, M Nakata, H Kuwata… - Microbiology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… The well-known species of the mitis group are Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus … of
oral mitis group streptococci. The virulence factors of oral mitis group streptococci described in …

Relationships among streptococci from the mitis group, misidentified as Streptococcus pneumoniae

E Sadowy, A Bojarska, A Kuch, A Skoczyńska… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
… All isolates had a 6-bp deletion in the lytA 3′ terminus, characteristic for Mitis … misID
streptococci, associated with the Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis groups

Commensal Streptococcus mitis produces two different lipoteichoic acids of type I and type IV

N Gisch, K Peters, S Thomsen, W Vollmer… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… possesses, like other members of the Mitis group of viridans streptococci, phosphorylcholine
(… Streptococcus mitis is a member of the Mitis group of viridans streptococci (Whatmore et al. …

Streptococcus mitis as a New Emerging Pathogen in Pediatric Age: Case Report and Systematic Review

C Colomba, V Garbo, G Boncori, C Albano, S Bagarello… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Population genomics of Streptococcus mitis in UK and Ireland bloodstream infection and infective endocarditis cases

A Kalizang'oma, D Richard… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Streptococcus mitis is a leading cause of infective endocarditis (… mitis is hampered by low
IE incidence. Here we use whole … Streptococcus mitis, is a leading cause of IE 8 , although it is …

A new perspective on ancient Mitis group streptococcal genetics

S Belman, C Chaguza, N Kumar, S Lo… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
… 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 …

Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other Mitis streptococci: importance of molecular methods

E Sadowy, W Hryniewicz - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & …, 2020 - Springer
… Neutropenic cancer patients have an increased risk of developing VGS bacteremia, mostly
associated with Streptococcus mitis, which in a significant number of cases results in serious …

Genomic relatedness and clinical significance of Streptococcus mitis strains isolated from the urogenital tract of sexual partners

CR Mores, TK Price, B Wolff… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
… a high abundance of Streptococcus mitis was observed post-coitus. We isolated and
sequenced S. mitis from both sexual partners finding that: (i) the S. mitis isolates from the female …

Novel Multilocus Sequence Typing and Global Sequence Clustering Schemes for Characterizing the Population Diversity of Streptococcus mitis

A Kalizang'oma, B Kwambana-Adams… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Streptococcus mitis is a common oral commensal and an … compared to other pathogenic
streptococcal species. Effective and … mitis are not currently available. We therefore developed a …

… evaluation of native streptococcal competence stimulating peptides reveals potential crosstalk between Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus pneumoniae and a …

TA Milly, Y Tal-Gan - RSC chemical biology, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
… In the anginosus group, different species utilize the same CSP signaling molecule, while a …
the mitis group, specifically among Streptococcus mitis strains. The mitis group of streptococci