… In conclusion, genomic microarray analysis has demonstrated the presence of a large
number of important pneumococcal virulence genes in the commensal mitis group streptococcal …

… confusion surrounding the identification of members of the mitis group and were therefore
motivated to establish a reliable, globally acceptable and easy practical identification method. …

… species identification in clinical and research settings (9,10). … of VGS species identification
and the low number of clinical … combine the species identification of a large number of VGS …

… Of these groups, the S. mitis species group containing closely related species of different
pathogenic potentials has posed great challenges for reliable species level identification. In …

… ) is a strain of the mitis group species Streptococcus gordonii. … large number of false-positive
results into our study, this technique also added valuable pneumococcal serotype detection …

… A limitation of this study is the small number of clinical isolates, so these isolates are not
completely representative of clinical isolates in Japan or other countries. A large number of …

… Supragingival dental plaque includes large numbers of viridans streptococci belonging to a
… and species-specific band patterns for almost all members of the mitis group (S. mitis and S. …

… Another related issue is the high number of misclassifications among the genomes archived
in public databases [58, 59]. This is particularly true for the genome sequences of strains …

… These factors combined, render species-level identification of strains belonging to the Mitis
group of the … mitis clade includes a large number of very distinct lineages, two of which are S. …

… In addition, as particular species in the Mitis group differ in the prevalence of resistance to …
the identification of Mitis streptococci, mostly focusing on confirming or excluding identification …