… Intriguingly, phylogenetic analysis shows that the species constitutes one evolutionary
lineage in a cluster of the otherwise commensal Streptococcus mitis strains, with which humans …

… tigurinus strains, we tested an additional 21 strains which displayed a MALDI-TOF score
of >2.2 to S. tigurinus and a score of ≥2.0 to S. pneumoniae by molecular methods. …

… Subsequently, employing standard culture methodology we readily isolated a Streptococcus
mitis strain that was PCR-positive for the serotype 5-specific wzy5 gene (strain KE67013 …

… list of strains examined in this study and their reactions in classical tests used to distinguish
pneumococci from oral streptococci is … , isolates of the most closely related streptococci (S. …

… From a common ancestor, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis evolved in
… mitis strains, we were furthermore able to address the question of potential differences in …

… Streptococcus mitis strains grown on two different growth media was made by Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy. The IR spectra of the S. mitis strains … mitis strains grown on TY …

… pseudopneumoniae and in some strains of the taxon “Streptococcus mitis biovar 2,” which
according to recent phylogenetic analyses is a distinct species more closely related to S. …

… mitis group, we have found that some clinical strains showing very low DNA-DNA homology
to all members of the mitis … of these strains, and we propose two new species, Streptococcus …

… mitis and that the type strain of S. oralis be … mitis type strain was more closely related to
the type strain of S. sanguis, strain ATCC 10556 (= NCTC 7863), than to reference strains that …

… This study was undertaken to investigate whether the acidogenicity and acid tolerance of
clinical strains of Streptococcus oralis and Streptococcus mitis correlate with health or early-…