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Taxonomy: V4.3   |  16S rRNA RefSeq: V16.03   |  Genomic RefSeq: V11.03   |  Viruses: V1.2
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Streptococcus sanguinis (HMT-0758)

Bacteria;Bacillota;Bacilli;Lactobacillales;Streptococcaceae;Streptococcus sanguinis

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:sanguinis
Bacterial Name: Streptococcus sanguinis
Naming Status: Named
Cultivation Status: Cultivated
Body Site (or Source):
  [View in Body Sites Table] 		Primary: Oral (Abundance: high)
Note: Supragingival plaque
Reason: Metagenomic mapping data, HMP (Torres-Morales et al. 2026)
Type/Reference Strain:
Former Names or Synonyms:
Phylum: Firmicutes
Streptococcus sanguinis
Streptococcus sanguis ss. carlssonii
16S rRNA RefSeq Tree: View Taxon in RefSeq Tree
16S rRNA Reference Sequences:
     RefSeq-ID(s)
HMT-758_16S001498 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001507 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001513 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001516 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001521 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001523 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001526 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001529 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001531 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001562 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001566 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001590 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001598 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001601 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001612 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001621 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001641 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001654 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001681 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001684 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001715 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001746 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001761 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001777 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001779 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001789 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001800 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001801 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001808 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001818 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001828 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001832 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001835 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001855 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001858 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001867 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S001973 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S006566 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S006586 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S006589 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S006597 Show Sequence
HMT-758_16S006609 Show Sequence

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Number of
Genome Sequences:		 98 Open Genomes in Table
Pangenome(s): No Pangenomes Available.
Microbial Ecology: Abundance/Prevalence
Proteomics:
NCBI Taxon ID: 1305 [Link to NCBI]
LPSN.dsmz.de: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/Streptococcus-sanguinis
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] Coykendall AL, Specht PA. DNA base sequence homologies among strains of Streptococcus sanguis. J Gen Microbiol. 1975 Nov;91(1):92-8
[2] Becker MR, Paster BJ, Leys EJ, Moeschberger ML, Kenyon SG, Galvin JL, Boches SK, Dewhirst FE, Griffen AL. Molecular analysis of bacterial species associated with childhood caries. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Mar;40(3):1001-9
[3] Sansone C, Van Houte J, Joshipura K, Kent R, Margolis HC. The association of mutans streptococci and non-mutans streptococci capable of acidogenesis at a low pH with dental caries on enamel and root surfaces. J Dent Res. 1993 Feb;72(2):508-16
[4] Suzuki Kurokawa M, Suzuki N. Behcets disease. Clin Exp Med. 2004 Sep;4(1):10-20
[5] 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.
[6] Hardie RM. Genus Streptococcus. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 1986; Vol. 2, pp. 1043-1063.