We recently described the novel species Streptococcus tigurinus sp. nov. belonging to the
Streptococcus mitis group. The type strain AZ_3aT of S. tigurinus was originally isolated from …

Culture-negative endocarditis remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge despite
recent medical advances. Streptococcus tigurinus, a novel member of the Streptococcus …

Streptococcus tigurinus is a new member of the Streptococcus viridians group and is closely
related to Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus …

Streptococcus tigurinus is a novel species of viridans streptococci, shown to cause severe
invasive infections such as infective endocarditis, spondylodiscitis and meningitis. S …

ABSTRACT A bacterium was isolated from the blood culture of a patient with infective
endocarditis. The cells were facultative anaerobic, nonsporulating, gram-positive cocci …

The Mitis group of the genus Streptococcus currently comprises 20 species with validly
published names, including the pathogen S. pneumoniae. They have been the subject of …

Taxonomic studies were performed on eight strains of α-haemolytic streptococci that showed
very low DNA-DNA hybridization similarity values with all established members of the mitis …

Four Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterial strains were isolated
from multiple blood cultures of patients with endocarditis, meningitis and spondylodiscitis …

An unidentified strain of the viridans group of streptococci was isolated from a human blood
sample. It was distinguished from all other recognized species of the Streptococcus …

Streptococcus tigurinus is responsible for systemic infections in humans including infective
endocarditis. We investigated whether the invasive trait of S. tigurinus in humans correlated …