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Taxonomy Family: Streptococcaceae Strepytococcus bovis group / Lancefield Group D

Former name Current name

S. bovis biotype I S. gallolyticus
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S. bovis biotype II.1 S. infantarius

S. bovis biotype II.2 S. gallolyticus ssp pasteurianus

Natural habitats
Is part of the human gastrointestinal microbiota

Clinical significance
Species from this group are frequently encountered in blood cultures of patients with bacteremia, sepsis and endocarditis.

The clinical significance of blood cultures growing streptococci from the S.bovis group lies in the association of

S. gallolyticus ssp gallolyticus with gastrointestinal cancer

and of

S. gallolyticus ssp pasteuriamus with meningitis.