The Phylogenetic Position of Streptococcus and Enterococcus

作者：Werner Ludwig, Elke Seewaldt, R. KILPPER-BALZ, Klaus Heinz, Linda J. Magrum, Carl R. Woese, George E. Fox, Erko Stackebrandt · 发表于：Microbiology · 年份：1985 · DOI：10.1099/00221287-131-3-543 · 被引用次数：176 · 研究领域：Probiotics and Fermented Foods、Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies、RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Streptococcus pyogenes, S. equinus, S. bovis, S. salivarius, S. sanguis, S. mutans, S. rattus, S. cricetus, S. lactis, S. raffinolactis and Enterococcus faecalis have been characterized by oligonucleotide cataloguing of their 16S ribosomal RNA. All the organisms form a loose but coherent group that is phylogenetically equivalent to those of lactobacilli, bacilli, the Brochothrix and Listeria group, and related taxa that constitute one of several sublines within the 'Clostridium' branch of Gram-positive eubacteria. Within the Steptococcus-Enterococcus group, organisms fall into three moderately related clusters defined by Enterococcus, the lactic acid streptococci and streptococci of the pyogenic and oral groups, respectively.