Volume 16, Number 4—April 2010
Research
Contribution of Streptococcus anginosus to Infections Caused by Groups C and G Streptococci, Southern India
Silvana Reißmann, Claudia Friedrichs, Reena Rajkumari, Andreas Itzek, Marcus Fulde, Arne C. Rodloff, Kootallur N. Brahmadathan, Gursharan S. Chhatwal, and D. Patric Nitsche-Schmitz
Table 4
Distribution of moac within a collection of oral streptococci, Vellore, India, and Leipzig, Germany*
| Group/species | No. strains | moac-PCR |
|---|---|---|
| Anginosus group | 33 | |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 17 | + |
| S. constellatus subsp. constellatus | 8 | + |
| S. constellatus subsp. pharyngis | 4 | + |
| S. intermedius |
4 |
– |
| Bovis group | 2 | |
| S. gallolyticus |
2 |
– |
| Mitis group | 78 | |
| S. gordonii | 5 | – |
| S. mitis/S. oralis | 12 | – |
| S. mitis | 12 | – |
| S. oralis | 24 | – |
| S. parasanguinis | 18 | – |
| S. sanguinis |
7 |
– |
| Salivarius group | 14 | |
| S. salivarius |
14 |
– |
| Reference strains (DSMZ) | ||
| Anginosus group | 4 | |
| S. anginosus | 1 | + |
| S. constellatus subsp. constellatus | 1 | + |
| S. constellatus subsp. pharyngis | 1 | + |
| S. intermedius | 1 | – |
| Mutans group | 1 | |
| S. mutans | 1 | – |
*moac, marker of Streptococcus anginosus and S. constellatus; DSMZ, Deutsche Sammlung für Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen.
