RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 LUDWIG, WOLFGANG A1 SEEWALDT, ELKE A1 KILPPER-BÄLZ, RENATE A1 HEINZ, KARL A1 MAGRUM, LINDA A1 WOESE, CARL R. A1 FOX, GEORGE E. A1 STACKEBRANDT, ERKOYR 1985 T1 The Phylogenetic Position of Streptococcus and Enterococcus JF Microbiology, VO 131 IS 3 SP 543 OP 551 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-131-3-543 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB 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 Streptococcus–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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-131-3-543