Streptococcus constellatus

Streptococcus constellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species:
S. constellatus
Binomial name
Streptococcus constellatus
(Prévot, 1924) Holdeman & Moore, 1974
Subspecies[1]
  • Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus
  • Streptococcus constellatus subsp. pharyngis Whiley et al., 1999
  • Streptococcus constellatus subsp. viborgensis Jensen et al., 2013

Streptococcus constellatus is a species of Streptococcus[2] bacteria that is part of the normal flora in the oral cavity, urogenital region, and intestinal tract. However, it can frequently cause purulent infections in other parts of the body.[3] DNA homology studies and 16S rRNA sequence analysis demonstrate S. constellatus belongs to the Streptococcus anginosus group (milleri group) along with Streptococcus intermedius and Streptococcus anginosus.[4]

  1. ^ "Streptococcus constellatus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ Jacobs JA, Schouls LM, Whiley RA (January 2000). "DNA-DNA reassociation studies of Streptococcus constellatus with unusual 16S rRNA sequences". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50, Pt 1: 247–9. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-247. PMID 10826810.
  3. ^ Whiley RA, Beighton D, Winstanley TG, Fraser HY, Hardie JM (1992). "Streptococcus intermedius, Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus anginosus (the Streptococcus milleri group): Association with different body site and clinical infections". J. Clin. Microbiol. 30 (1): 243–244. doi:10.1128/jcm.30.1.243-244.1992. PMC 265033. PMID 1734062.
  4. ^ Whiley RA, Beighton D, Winstanley TG, Fraser HY, Hardie HM (January 1992). "Streptococcus intermedius, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus anginosus (the Streptococcus milleri group): Association with Different Body Sites and Clinical Infections". J. Clin. Microbiol. 30 (1): 243–4. doi:10.1128/jcm.30.1.243-244.1992. PMC 265033. PMID 1734062.