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| Streptococcus mitis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Streptococcaceae |
| Genus: | Streptococcus |
| Species: | S. mitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Streptococcus mitis Andrewes and Horder 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)
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| Synonyms | |
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Streptococcus mitior[1] | |
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]
- ^ Gross KC, Houghton MP, Roberts RB (September 1981). "Evaluation of blood culture media for isolation of pyridoxal-dependent Streptococcus mitior (mitis)". J. Clin. Microbiol. 14 (3): 266–72. doi:10.1128/jcm.14.3.266-272.1981. PMC 271953. PMID 7287885.
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