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Taxonomy: V4.3   |  16S rRNA RefSeq: V16.03   |  Genomic RefSeq: V11.03   |  Viruses: V1.2
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Streptococcus mitis (HMT-0677)

Bacteria;Bacillota;Bacilli;Lactobacillales;Streptococcaceae;Streptococcus mitis

Taxon Description:
Classification:
Bracketed letters indicate
that the taxonomic name at this
level has not been established.
  • Examples:
  • C1 – First Unnamed Class
  • O1 – First Unnamed Order
  • F2 – Second Unnamed Family
  • G3 – Third Unnamed Genus
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species:mitis
Bacterial Name: Streptococcus mitis
Naming Status: Named
Cultivation Status: Cultivated
Body Site (or Source):
  [View in Body Sites Table] 		Primary: Oral (Abundance: high)
Note: Keratinized gingiva
Reason: Metagenomic mapping data, HMP (Torres-Morales et al. 2026)
Type/Reference Strain:
Former Names or Synonyms:
Phylum: Firmicutes
16S rRNA RefSeq Tree: View Taxon in RefSeq Tree
16S rRNA Reference Sequences:
     RefSeq-ID(s)
HMT-677_16S001725 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001728 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001730 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001731 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001742 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001765 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001771 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001774 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001780 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001797 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001826 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001830 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001845 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001850 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001856 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001862 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001874 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001894 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001897 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001898 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001913 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001914 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001921 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001922 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001930 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001934 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001974 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001988 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001989 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001990 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001994 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S001998 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002002 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002009 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002015 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002036 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002047 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002066 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002079 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002081 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002092 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002097 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002099 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002102 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002111 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002114 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002124 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002130 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002151 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002156 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002159 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002176 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002184 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002197 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002199 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S002201 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S003513 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S006461 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S006523 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S006592 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S006593 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S006595 Show Sequence
HMT-677_16S006665 Show Sequence

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species/SmitisMagenta-HparaCyan.jpg Cells of Streptococcus mitis/oralis (magenta) and Haemophilus parainfluenzae (cyan) together in dental plaque.
See Perera et al. 2021
Number of
Genome Sequences:		 81 Open Genomes in Table
Pangenome(s): No Pangenomes Available.
Microbial Ecology: Abundance/Prevalence
Proteomics:
NCBI Taxon ID: 28037 [Link to NCBI]
LPSN.dsmz.de: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/Streptococcus-mitis
PubMed Searches:
NCBI PubMed Link
NCBI (Entrez) Nucleotide Link
NCBI (Entrez) Protein Link
Phylogenetic Trees:
Genome Tree
Ribosomal Protein Tree
16S rRNA Gene Tree
References:
[1] Kilian M, Mikkelsen L, Henrichsen J. Taxonomic study of viridans Streptococci: Description of Streptococcus gordonii sp. nov. and emended descriptions of S. sanguis (White and Niven 1946), S. oralis .... Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1989 Oct;39(4):471-84.
[2] Aas JA, Paster BJ, Stokes LN, Olsen I, Dewhirst FE. Defining the normal bacterial flora of the oral cavity. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Nov;43(11):5721-32
[3] Hardie RM. Genus Streptococcus. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 1986; Vol. 2, pp. 1043-1063.