Metabolism of the reserve polysaccharide of Streptococcus mitis. Properties of a transglucosylase

GJ Walker - Biochemical Journal, 1966 - portlandpress.com
… six strains of Streptococcus mitis that … strains could store intracellular iodophilic polysaccharide
when grown on high concentrations of glucose or maltose (1%), but none of the strains

Relatedness Among Penicillin-Binding Protein 2b Genes of Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae

E Potgieter, LJ Chalkley - Microbial Drug Resistance, 1995 - liebertpub.com
… pneumoniae and viridans streptococcal species. Analysis of these mosaic blocks indicates
that both S. mitis strains contain areas that originated from 5. pneumoniae as well as regions …

Mechanism of cell surface expression of the Streptococcus mitis platelet binding proteins PblA and PblB

J Mitchell, IR Siboo, D Takamatsu… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… PblA and PblB are prophage-encoded proteins of Streptococcus mitis strain SF100 that
mediate binding to human platelets. The mechanism for surface expression of these proteins has …

Resolving Phylogenetic Relationships for Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis through Core- and Pan-Genome Analyses

IM Velsko, MS Perez, VP Richards - Genome biology and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis have been difficult to establish biochemically
and genetically. We used core-genome analyses of S. mitis … , and the type strain NCTC 12261 …

A Comparison of the Adhesion Profiles and Cell Surface Characteristics of Streptococcus mitis with those of Other Members of the Streptococcus sanguis Group

MDP Willcox, KW Knox - Microbial ecology in health and disease, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
… A collection of 12 strains of Streptococcus mitis were tested for their in vitro … other strains
within the Streptococcus sanguis group (SSG). The S. mztis isolates from saliva and the strains

Structures of two cell wall‐associated polysaccharides of a Streptococcus mitis biovar 1 strain: A unique teichoic acid‐like polysaccharide and the group O antigen …

N Bergström, PE Jansson, M Kilian… - European Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… For example, pathogenic strains of Streptococcus … Certain members of the mitis group of
streptococci possess … As the polysaccharide of some Streptococcus mitis strains reacts with both …

Protective role of the capsule and impact of serotype 4 switching on Streptococcus mitis

HV Rukke, RS Kalluru, U Repnik, A Gerlini… - Infection and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
… surrounding Streptococcus pneumoniae is essential for virulence. Recently, Streptococcus
mitis, a … mitis has been reported for only a couple of strains (20, 37), and in our hands, the …

Overcoming the Barrier of Low Efficiency during Genetic Transformation of Streptococcus mitis

G Salvadori, R Junges, DA Morrison… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
… Responses of the Streptococcus mitis sigX reporter in the type strain to CSP. A pre-culture
of MI055 at OD 600 0.5 was diluted 1:100 in C+Y YB and grown until OD 600 0.04 at 37C in 5…

Identification of a Secreted Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin (Mitilysin) from Streptococcus mitis

J Jefferies, L Nieminen, LA Kirkham… - Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
mitis strains R75II and R76 were not recognized by the MAb used, we performed a Western
blot analysis of the cell-associated Ply obtained from mid-log-phase cultures. Both the anti-…

Major Outbreak of Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus mitis

HZ Lu, XH Weng, B Zhu, H Li, YK Yin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
… identified as Streptococcus mitis based on … mitis caused this TSLS outbreak. This report
heralds the emergence of a particularly virulent exotoxin-producing strain of viridans streptococci