Article
Streptococcus crista sp. nov., a viridans streptococcus with tufted fibrils, isolated from the human oral cavity and throat.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1991
Handley P, Coykendall A, Beighton D, Hardie J M, Whiley R A
Abstract excerpt
We studied strains of an unusual streptococcus that superficially resembles Streptococcus sanguis but has fibrils that are arranged in lateral tufts. These strains were originally isolated from human throats and oral cavities and have been referred to previously as "Streptococcus sanguis I," the "CR group," and the "tufted-fibril group." Until now, insufficient phenotypic data have been available to allow...
Topics
- DNA, Bacterial
- Humans
- Mouth
- Pharynx
- Phenotype
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Streptococcus