Identification of a functional capsule locus in Streptococcus mitis

HV Rukke, IK Hegna… - Molecular oral …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Streptococcus mitis, a member of the mitis group of streptococci, colonizes virtually all
surfaces of the oral cavity, including teeth, tongue, and mucosal surfaces, as well as the tonsils …

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 …

Synthesis of intracellular iodophilic polysaccharide by Streptococcus mitis

RJ Gibbons, B Kapsimalis - Archives of Oral Biology, 1963 - Elsevier
… The organism utilized throughout this investigation was a strain of Streptococcus mitis, which
was isolated from human dental plaque. The organism was gram positive, alpha haemolytic…

Identification of oral mitis group streptococci by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction

JD Rudney, CJ Larson - Oral microbiology and immunology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Streptococcus gordonii, 11 Streptococcus sanguis, 2 Streptococcus crista, 5 Streptococcus
parasanguis, 18 Streptococcus oralis, and 36 Streptococcus mitis (22 biovar 1 and 14 biovar …

Rejection of the Type Strain of Streptococcus mitis (Andrewes and Horder 1906) Request for an Opinion

AL Coykendall - International Journal of Systematic and …, 1989 - microbiologyresearch.org
Streptococcus mitis was first described by Andrewes and Horder in … mitis as a “rather ill
defined and heterogeneous group” but showed that it was clearly different from Streptococcus

… pneumoniae serotypes that frequently colonise the human nasopharynx are common recipients of penicillin-binding protein gene fragments from Streptococcus mitis

A Kalizang'oma, C Chaguza, A Gori… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
… The transfer of genetic material from Streptococcus mitis to the pneumococcus at genes
that confer resistance to penicillin has contributed to pneumococcal antimicrobial resistance. …

Genomes of Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus infantis

H Tettelin, M Kilian - Oral Microbial Communities: Genomic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Streptococcus mitis is one of the so-called viridans group streptococci and may be considered …
mitis niche in these habitats is occupied by a surprisingly diverse array of up to 15 distinct …

Streptococcus mitis endocarditis: report of 17 cases

KB Rapeport, JA Girón, F Rosner - Archives of internal medicine, 1986 - jamanetwork.com
Streptococcus mitis is highly susceptible to therapy with penicillin G potassium (minimal …
Streptococcus mitis endocarditis in intravenous drug ad¬ dicts differs fromthat in non-drug …

Evaluation of daptomycin combinations with cephalosporins or gentamicin against Streptococcus mitis group strains in an in vitro model of simulated endocardial …

J Yim, JR Smith, NB Singh, S Rice… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… viridans group streptococcal infective endocarditis (IE), the Streptococcus mitis group is the
mitis group is challenging due to the high frequency of β-lactam resistance, drug allergy and …

Impact of high-level daptomycin resistance in the Streptococcus mitis group on virulence and survivability during daptomycin treatment in experimental infective …

C Garcia-De-La-Maria, YQ Xiong… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
… the viridans group streptococci, the Streptococcus mitis group is … mitis/S. oralis strain and
its daptomycin-resistant (DAP r ) … mitis/S. oralis does come at an intrinsic fitness cost, although …