Streptococcus vestibularis

Streptococcus vestibularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Lactobacillales
Family: Streptococcaceae
Genus: Streptococcus
Species:
S. vestibularis
Binomial name
Streptococcus vestibularis
Whiley and Hardie 1988

Streptococcus vestibularis is a species of Streptococcus.[1]

Streptococcus vestibularis, member of the viridans streptococci was first isolated from vestibular mucosa of human oral cavities, was described as a new species in 1988. It is noted that “Streptococcus vestibularis is a normal inhabitant of vestibules of the human oral cavity” (Haberal, Ozdemir, Siren, & Simsek, 2008)

  1. ^ Doyuk E, Ormerod OJ, Bowler IC (July 2002). "Native valve endocarditis due to Streptococcus vestibularis and Streptococcus oralis". J. Infect. 45 (1): 39–41. doi:10.1053/jinf.2002.1004. PMID 12217730.