… one evolutionary lineage in a cluster of the otherwise commensal Streptococcus mitis strains,
with … pneumococcus has evolved into a master of genomic flexibility while lineages that …

… phylogenetic relationships of Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis have … mitis and
S. oralis, as well as the closely related species Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus …

… , we studied Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus pneumoniae, who share a common
ancestor but evolved lifestyles on different ends of the pathogenic potential spectrum: S. mitis is …

… ancestor, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis evolved in parallel into one of
… During the parallel evolution of the two populations, the pneumococcus optimized its ability …

… pneumoniae is strikingly similar to the three commensal species Streptococcus mitis,
Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus infantis often causing problems of identification in clinical …

… Ancient genomes can further elucidate streptococcal evolutionary history. We extracted …
and extract all reads belonging to the streptococcal Mitis group. Both of these read extraction …

… Minimum evolution tree based on the core genome sequences of 195 genomes from
GenBank belonging to the Mitis group of the genus streptococci. The core genome sequences …

… mitis regulates the expression of its own … Streptococcus mitis , a commensal species from
the oral cavity, which we also found in several species and strains of streptococci from the mitis …

… Penicillin‐resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae … of nucleotides originating from
Streptococcus mitis. In several … mitis and at least one additional unidentified species. Mosaic …

… Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis are close relatives and share ~60–80…
parallel evolution and their role in predatory mechanisms within the mitis group of streptococci. …