One hundred reference strains representing all species belonging to the different
phylogenetic lineages of the viridans streptococci were examined by means of one …

Relationships among selected species of viridans streptococci were studied by using
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-DNA hybridization and biochemical and serological tests. The …

Mitis group streptococci are pioneer colonizers of tooth surfaces and are implicated in
various pathologies. Thus, accurate identification of oral mitis group strains would be …

This review traces the history of the human, nonhemolytic, or viridans, streptococci and
describes improvements in their taxonomy wrought by study of their biochemical profiles and …

We examined a collection of 151 strains of the viridans type of streptococci, which were
isolated mainly from human oral cavities and included several reference strains, in an …

Twenty-five strains resembling 'Streptococcus milleri'were compared by DNA-DNA
hybridization, by whole-cell-derived polypeptide patterns on SDS-PAGE, and by …

The rapid ID 32 Strep system (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) was evaluated for its ability
to identify 21 species of viridans group streptococci; results were compared with DNA-DNA …

A collection of 399" Streptococcus milleri" strains were identified to the species level by the
use of a line blot assay. Their PCR-amplified partial 16S rRNA gene sequences were …

A preliminary classification of strains from several species of streptococci by DNA/rRNA
hybridization showed several sub-groups. The largest sub-group divided into two clusters …

Based on the genetic analysis of 20 reference strains, we describe an approach using the
sequencing of 2 housekeeping genes, zwf and gki, to identify members of the mitis …