The close phylogenetic relationship of the important pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae
and several species of commensal streptococci, particularly Streptococcus mitis and …

Correct identifications of isolates and strains of the Mitis-Group of the genus Streptococcus
are particularly difficult, due to high genetic similarity, resulting from horizontal gene transfer …

The vast majority of streptococci colonizing the human upper respiratory tract are
commensals, only sporadically implicated in disease. Of these, the most pathogenic is Mitis …

Purpose. Correct serotype identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is
important for monitoring disease epidemiology and assessing the impacts of pneumococcal …

We describe a PCR-assay differentiating Streptococcus pneumoniae from closely-related
species of the Mitis group of the genus Streptococcus and identification of pneumococcus …

Abstracts Streptococcus pneumoniae, the leading etiological agent of pneumonia, shares a
high degree of DNA sequence homology with the viridans group of streptococci. The clinical …

The Mitis group of streptococci includes an important human pathogen, Streptococcus
pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and about 20 other related species with much lower …

The identification and detection of mitis group streptococci, which contain Streptococcus
pneumoniae, have been hampered by the lack of sensitive and specific assays. In this study …

Proper identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae by conventional methods remains
problematic. The discriminatory power of the 16S rRNA gene, which can be considered the …

Using an approach based on the comparison of arbitrary primer polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) genomic profiles from oral streptococci and Streptococcus pneumoniae strains, we …