Streptococcus mitis
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Streptococcus mitis is a mesophilic alpha-hemolytic species of Streptococcus that inhabits the oral cavity. It is coccus (spherical shaped), gram-positive, catalase negative, and facultative anaerobe. It was previously classified as Streptococcus mitior. Streptococcus mitis is known to cause several medical conditions one of them being infective endocarditis.[2]
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Streptococcus mitis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Lactobacillales |
Family: | Streptococcaceae |
Genus: | Streptococcus |
Species: | S. mitis |
Binomial name | |
Streptococcus mitis Andrewes and Horder 1906 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
Synonyms | |
Streptococcus mitior[1] |
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