Analysis of Streptococcus bovis infections at a monographic oncological centre

Abstract

The complex is divided into two subtypes based on biochemical properties: positive mannitol fermentation (biotype I) including S. gallolyticus (S. gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus and S. gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus), mannitol negative and s-glucuronidase negative (biotype II/ 1), which includes more species (S. infantarius subsp. coli and S. lutetiensis) and mannitol negative and s-glucuronidase positive (biotype II/ 2), with a single species called S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus.