Streptococcus infections are still one of the important problems facing contemporary
medicine. As the World Health Organization (WHO) warns, Streptococcus pneumoniae is …

The genus Streptococcus currently comprises> 100 recognized species, and this number
can certainly be expected to rise with the increasing availability of next‐generation …

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 …

Recognition and acknowledgment of novel bacterial taxonomy and nomenclature revisions
can impact clinical practice, disease epidemiology, and routine clinical microbiology …

From a common ancestor, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis evolved in
parallel into one of the most important pathogens and a mutualistic colonizer of humans …

Reliable distinction of Streptococcus pneumoniae and viridans group streptococci is
important because of the different pathogenic properties of these organisms. Differentiation …

Streptococcus spp. are important causes of infective endocarditis but challenging in species
identification. This study compared identification based on sequence determination of the …

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 …

Taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships of Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus oralis
have been difficult to establish biochemically and genetically. We used core-genome …

Technological advancements in fields such as molecular genetics and the human
microbiome have resulted in an unprecedented recognition of new bacterial genus/species …