Microbiome

Streptococcus massiliensis in the human mouth: a phylogenetic approach for the inference of bacterial habitats

F. Póntigo, Silva, C., Moraga, M., and Flores, S. V., Streptococcus massiliensis in the human mouth: a phylogenetic approach for the inference of bacterial habitats, vol. 14, pp. 19184-19190, 2015.

Streptococcus is a diverse bacterial lineage. Species of this genus occupy a myriad of environments inside humans and other animals. Despite the elucidation of several of these habitats, many remain to be identified. Here, we explore a methodological approach to reveal unknown bacterial environments. Specifically, we inferred the phylogeny of the Mitis group by analyzing the sequences of eight genes. In addition, information regarding habitat use of species belonging to this group was obtained from the scientific literature.

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