@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.039388-0, author = "Okamoto, Masaaki and Imai, Susumu and Miyanohara, Mayu and Saito, Wataru and Momoi, Yasuko and Abo, Tomoko and Nomura, Yoshiaki and Ikawa, Tomoko and Ogawa, Takumi and Miyabe-Nishiwaki, Takako and Kaneko, Akihisa and Watanabe, Akino and Watanabe, Shohei and Hayashi, Misato and Tomonaga, Masaki and Hanada, Nobuhiro", title = "Streptococcus troglodytae sp. nov., from the chimpanzee oral cavity", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2013", volume = "63", number = "Pt_2", pages = "418-422", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.039388-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.039388-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Six strains, TKU 25, TKU 28, TKU 30, TKU 31T, TKU 33 and TKU 34, were isolated from the oral cavity of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Colonies of strains grown on Mitis–Salivarius agar were similar in morphology to that of Streptococcus mutans . The novel strains were Gram-stain-positive, facultatively anaerobic cocci that lacked catalase activity. Analysis of the partial 16S rRNA gene sequences of these isolates showed that the most closely related strain was the type strain of S. mutans (96.4 %). The next closely related strains to the isolates were the type strains of Streptococcus devriesei (94.5 %) and Streptococcus downei (93.9 %). These isolates could be distinguished from S. mutans by inulin fermentation and alkaline phosphatase activity (API ZYM system). The peptidoglycan type of the novel isolates was Glu–Lys–Ala3. Strains were not susceptible to bacitracin. On the basis of phenotypic characterization, partial 16S rRNA gene and two housekeeping gene (groEL and sodA) sequence data, we propose a novel taxon, Streptococcus troglodytae sp. nov.; the type strain is TKU 31T ( = JCM 18038T = DSM 25324T).", }