Taxonomy of the Anginosus group of the genus Streptococcus and description of Streptococcus anginosus subsp. whileyi subsp. nov. and Streptococcus constellatus subsp. viborgensis subsp. nov

• Published in: International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 63; no. Pt_7; pp. 2506 - 2519
• Main Authors: Jensen, Anders, Hoshino, Tomonori, Kilian, Mogens
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England International Union of Microbiological Societies 01.07.2013
• Subjects: alleles; Bacterial Typing Techniques; DNA; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; essential genes; Genes, Bacterial; Humans; microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Multilocus Sequence Typing; new subspecies; nucleotide sequences; patients; pharyngitis; Pharyngitis - microbiology; Phylogeny; ribosomal RNA; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Streptococcus anginosus; Streptococcus anginosus - classification; Streptococcus anginosus - genetics; Streptococcus anginosus - isolation & purification; Streptococcus constellatus - classification; Streptococcus constellatus - genetics; Streptococcus constellatus - isolation & purification; Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus; Streptococcus viridans
• ISSN: 1466-5034; 1466-5026; 1466-5034
• DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.043232-0

The Anginosus group of the genus Streptococcus has been the subject of much taxonomic confusion, which has hampered the full appreciation of its clinical significance. The purpose of this study was to critically re-examine the taxonomy of the Anginosus group, with special attention to β-haemolytic,...