streptococcus bovis

Summary

Summary: A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria commonly found in the alimentary tract of cows, sheep, and other ruminants. It occasionally is encountered in cases of human endocarditis. This species is nonhemolytic.

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  1. Corredoira J, Alonso M, Coira A, Casariego E, Arias C, Alonso D, et al. Characteristics of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis and its differences with Streptococcus viridans endocarditis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008;27:285-91 pubmed publisher
    ..0001; clindamycin 67% vs. 11%, p < 0.0001; cotrimoxazole 77% vs. 30.5%, p < 0.0001, respectively. IE due to S. bovis is an emergent disease in our environment, presenting different characteristics to those produced by SVG...
  2. Tripodi M, Adinolfi L, Ragone E, Durante Mangoni E, Fortunato R, Iarussi D, et al. Streptococcus bovis endocarditis and its association with chronic liver disease: an underestimated risk factor. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;38:1394-400 pubmed
    Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis were prospectively studied among 199 patients with definite endocarditis. Thirty patients (15.1%) had S. bovis endocarditis...
  3. Devriese L, Vandamme P, Pot B, Vanrobaeys M, Kersters K, Haesebrouck F. Differentiation between Streptococcus gallolyticus strains of human clinical and veterinary origins and Streptococcus bovis strains from the intestinal tracts of ruminants. J Clin Microbiol. 1998;36:3520-3 pubmed
    Strains formerly identified as Streptococcus bovis were allotted to two groups by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of whole-cell proteins...
  4. Moet G, Dowzicky M, Jones R. Tigecycline (GAR-936) activity against Streptococcus gallolyticus (bovis) and viridans group streptococci. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007;57:333-6 pubmed
    ..gallolyticus. In conclusion tigecycline was quite active against bacteremic isolates of viridans group streptococci species and S. gallolyticus with an overall MIC90 at < or = 0.06 microg/mL; the highest MIC was only 0.25 microg/mL. ..
  5. Xavier B, Russell J. The ability of non-bacteriocin producing Streptococcus bovis strains to bind and transfer bovicin HC5 to other sensitive bacteria. Anaerobe. 2009;15:168-72 pubmed publisher
    b>Streptococcus bovis HC5 produces a broad spectrum lantibiotic (bovicin HC5), but S. bovis JB1 does not have antimicrobial activity. Preliminary experiments revealed an anomaly. When S. bovis JB1 cells were washed in stationary phase S...
  6. Morrison D, Guedon E, Renault P. Competence for natural genetic transformation in the Streptococcus bovis group streptococci S. infantarius and S. macedonicus. J Bacteriol. 2013;195:2612-20 pubmed publisher
    ..The tools presented here will facilitate targeted genetic manipulation in this group of streptococci...
  7. Hastie P, Mitchell K, Murray J. Semi-quantitative analysis of Ruminococcus flavefaciens, Fibrobacter succinogenes and Streptococcus bovis in the equine large intestine using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Br J Nutr. 2008;100:561-8 pubmed publisher
    ..of candidate cellulolytic (Ruminococcus flavefaciens; Fibrobacter succinogenes) and non-cellulolytic (Streptococcus bovis) bacteria in lumen contents from the caecum, ventral and dorsal colon, and rectum of healthy horses (n 14)...
  8. Russell J, Hino T. Regulation of lactate production in Streptococcus bovis: A spiraling effect that contributes to rumen acidosis. J Dairy Sci. 1985;68:1712-21 pubmed
    When Streptococcus bovis was grown in batch culture with 6 g/L glucose at pH 6.7, maximum specific growth rate was 1.47 h(-1), and lactate was the primary fermentation product. In continuous culture at pH 6.7 and growth rate equal to ...
  9. Ni J, Teng K, Liu G, Qiao C, Huan L, Zhong J. Autoregulation of lantibiotic bovicin HJ50 biosynthesis by the BovK-BovR two-component signal transduction system in Streptococcus bovis HJ50. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011;77:407-15 pubmed publisher
    b>Streptococcus bovis HJ50 produces a lacticin 481-like 33-amino-acid-residue lantibiotic, designated bovicin HJ50...

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  1. Bleibel W, D Silva K, Elhorr A, Bleibel S, Dhanjal U. Streptococcus bovis endophthalmitis: a unique presentation of colon cancer. Dig Dis Sci. 2007;52:2336-9 pubmed
  2. Fernández Ruiz M, Villar Silva J, Llenas García J, Caurcel Díaz L, Vila Santos J, Sanz Sanz F, et al. Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia revisited: clinical and microbiological correlates in a contemporary series of 59 patients. J Infect. 2010;61:307-13 pubmed publisher
    To characterise the clinical features, associations and outcome in a contemporary series of patients with Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia (SBB)...
  3. Hager C, Abaaba C, Kerns F. Steptococcus bovis meningitis and sepsis associated with Strongyloidiasis in an immunocompetent patient. W V Med J. 2007;103:19-21 pubmed
    ..Blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures showed Streptococcus bovis. Subsequent serologic studies indicated concurrent Strongyloides stercoralis infection, and larvae were ..
  4. Gold J, Bayar S, Salem R. Association of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia with colonic neoplasia and extracolonic malignancy. Arch Surg. 2004;139:760-5 pubmed
    The association between Streptococcus bovis bacteremia and colonic neoplasia is well described; however, the relationship between S bovis and neoplasia outside the colon has not been well evaluated...
  5. Malkin J, Kimmitt P, Ou H, Bhasker P, Khare M, Deng Z, et al. Identification of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus as the etiological agent in a case of culture-negative multivalve infective endocarditis by 16S rDNA PCR analysis of resected valvular tissue. J Heart Valve Dis. 2008;17:589-92 pubmed
    ..This may be due to the limited resolution of the routine diagnostic methods used and/or as a consequence of the complex nomenclature associated with this group of organisms. ..
  6. Hörner R, Salla A, Oliveira L, Forno N, Righi R, Domingues V, et al. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Streptococcus bovis: case report and review of the literature. Braz J Infect Dis. 2010;14:294-6 pubmed
    ..are being considered an emerging causative agent of SBP. Streptococcus bovis that may be found as part of the commensal bowel flora in about 10% of healthy adults constitute an ..
  7. Al Jashamy K, Murad A, Zeehaida M, Rohaini M, Hasnan J. Prevalence of colorectal cancer associated with Streptococcus bovis among inflammatory bowel and chronic gastrointestinal tract disease patients. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2010;11:1765-8 pubmed
    ..Among the IBD and chronic GIT cases, ulcerative colitis featured in the majority of cases (41.4%). In conclusion, there is a high incidence of colorectal cancer associated with S. bovis...
  8. Alazmi W, Bustamante M, O Loughlin C, Gonzalez J, Raskin J. The association of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia and gastrointestinal diseases: a retrospective analysis. Dig Dis Sci. 2006;51:732-6 pubmed
    There is a well-established association between Streptococcus bovis bacteremia (SBB) and colorectal cancer...
  9. Tripodi M, Fortunato R, Utili R, Triassi M, Zarrilli R. Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus bovis causing endocarditis and bacteraemia in Italian patients. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2005;11:814-9 pubmed
    b>Streptococcus bovis is being recognised increasingly as a cause of infective endocarditis, and has also been associated with underlying gastrointestinal malignancy. This study evaluated the molecular epidemiology of S...
  10. Satoh E, Uchimura T, Kudo T, Komagata K. Purification, characterization, and nucleotide sequence of an intracellular maltotriose-producing alpha-amylase from Streptococcus bovis 148. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1997;63:4941-4 pubmed
    An intracellular alpha-amylase from Streptococcus bovis 148 was purified and characterized. The enzyme was induced by maltose and soluble starch and produced about 80% maltotriose from soluble starch...
  11. Dien B, Nichols N, Bothast R. Recombinant Escherichia coli engineered for production of L-lactic acid from hexose and pentose sugars. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2001;27:259-64 pubmed
    ..The strains carry the lactate dehydrogenase gene from Streptococcus bovis on a low copy number plasmid for production of L-lactate. Three E...
  12. zur Hausen H. Streptococcus bovis: causal or incidental involvement in cancer of the colon?. Int J Cancer. 2006;119:xi-xii pubmed
  13. Aizawa K, Kaminishi Y, Kawamata N, Hirashima Y, Saito T, Misawa Y. Simultaneously performed mitral valve replacement and Hartmann's operation for infectious endocarditis from Streptococcus bovis and rectal cancer. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;54:413-5 pubmed
    ..We report a case of infectious endocarditis of the mitral valve caused by Streptococcus bovis with rectal cancer. Blood cultures showed a rise in coagulase-negative S...
  14. Hinse D, Vollmer T, Erhard M, Welker M, Moore E, Kleesiek K, et al. Differentiation of species of the Streptococcus bovis/equinus-complex by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in comparison to sodA sequence analyses. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2011;34:52-7 pubmed publisher
    The Streptococcus bovis/equinus complex is a heterogeneous group within the group D streptococci with important clinical relevance regarding infective endocarditis, sepsis and colon carcinoma...
  15. Asanuma N, Yoshii T, Hino T. Molecular characteristics and transcription of the gene encoding a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase in relation to the deactivation of pyruvate formate-lyase in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis. Arch Microbiol. 2004;181:122-8 pubmed publisher
    ..deactivation mechanism of pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) and its role in the regulation of fermentation in Streptococcus bovis, the molecular properties and genetic expression of multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase (ADHE) were ..
  16. Biarc J, Nguyen I, Pini A, Gosse F, Richert S, Thiersé D, et al. Carcinogenic properties of proteins with pro-inflammatory activity from Streptococcus infantarius (formerly S.bovis). Carcinogenesis. 2004;25:1477-84 pubmed
    Several studies reported linkage between bacterial infections and carcinogenesis. Streptococcus bovis was traditionally considered as a lower grade pathogen frequently involved in bacteremia and endocarditis...
  17. Gill H, Shu Q, Leng R. Immunization with Streptococcus bovis protects against lactic acidosis in sheep. Vaccine. 2000;18:2541-8 pubmed
    ..Forage-fed sheep were immunized with live or killed Streptococcus bovis Sb-5 vaccine, with or without adjuvant, via intramuscular injection...
  18. O Donovan L, Brooker J. Effect of hydrolysable and condensed tannins on growth, morphology and metabolism of Streptococcus gallolyticus (S. caprinus) and Streptococcus bovis. Microbiology. 2001;147:1025-33 pubmed
    ..gallolyticus has developed a number of mechanisms to reduce the potential effect of tannins on cell growth, and that these mechanisms provide the organism with a selective advantage over S. bovis when grown in the presence of tannins...
  19. de Silva T, Raychaudhuri M, Poulton M. HIV infection associated with Strongyloides stercoralis colitis resulting in Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia and meningitis. Sex Transm Infect. 2005;81:276-7 pubmed
    We report the case of an HIV infected patient with Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia and meningitis associated with gastrointestinal Strongyloides stercoralis infection...
  20. van t Wout J, Bijlmer H. Bacteremia due to Streptococcus gallolyticus, or the perils of revised nomenclature in bacteriology. Clin Infect Dis. 2005;40:1070-1 pubmed
  21. Gerber J, Glas M, Frank G, Shah S. Streptococcus bovis Infection in young Infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006;25:1069-73 pubmed
    Sporadic cases of invasive Streptococcus bovis disease have been reported in young infants. However, little is known about the clinical manifestations or the conditions that predispose to S. bovis infection in this population.
  22. Asanuma N, Hino T. Presence of NAD+-specific glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and CcpA-dependent transcription of its gene in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2006;257:17-23 pubmed
    To know the role of NADP+-specific glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPN) in Streptococcus bovis, the molecular properties and transcriptional control of the gene encoding GAPN (gapN) were examined. The GAPN in S...
  23. Waisberg J, Matheus C, Pimenta J. Infectious endocarditis from Streptococcus bovis associated with colonic carcinoma: case report and literature review. Arq Gastroenterol. 2002;39:177-80 pubmed
    ..of colonic lesions among patients, especially elderly ones, who have bacteremia and/or endocarditis from Streptococcus bovis. Bacteremia and infectious endocarditis from Streptococcus bovis may be related to the presence of ..
  24. Gonzlez Quintela A, Martinez Rey C, Castroagudin J, Rajo Iglesias M, Dominguez Santalla M. Prevalence of liver disease in patients with Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia. J Infect. 2001;42:116-9 pubmed
    The relationship between Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia and gastrointestinal disease (mainly colon cancer) is well known. Patients with advanced liver disease are prone to bacteraemia...
  25. Styriak I, Laukova A, Fallgren C, Wadstrom T. Binding of selected extracellular matrix proteins to enterococci and Streptococcus bovis of animal origin. Curr Microbiol. 1999;39:327-0335 pubmed
    Thirty-three enterococcal strains and 10 Streptococcus bovis strains were investigated for their protein-binding cell surface components...
  26. Corredoira Sánchez J, García Garrote F, Rabuñal R, López Roses L, García País M, Castro E, et al. Association between bacteremia due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis I) and colorectal neoplasia: a case-control study. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55:491-6 pubmed publisher
    ..gallolyticus (SGG) and colorectal neoplasia (CRN) is well established but the frequency of the association varies widely in different studies. We conducted a case-control study to assess the association between SGG bacteremia and CRN...
  27. Schlegel L, Grimont F, Ageron E, Grimont P, Bouvet A. Reappraisal of the taxonomy of the Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex and related species: description of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus subsp. nov., S. gallolyticus subsp. macedonicus subsp. nov. and S. gallolyticus su. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2003;53:631-45 pubmed
    b>Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus' is a large bacterial complex including different species frequently isolated from infections of humans (Streptococcus gallolyticus, Streptococcus infantarius) or animals (S. bovis, S...
  28. Burnett Hartman A, Newcomb P, Potter J. Infectious agents and colorectal cancer: a review of Helicobacter pylori, Streptococcus bovis, JC virus, and human papillomavirus. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008;17:2970-9 pubmed publisher
    ..Helicobacter pylori, Streptococcus bovis, JC virus, and human papillomavirus have all been evaluated as possible etiologic agents for colorectal ..
  29. Nielsen S, Christensen J, Laerkeborg A, Haunsø S, Knudsen J. [Molecular-biological methods of diagnosing colon-related Streptococcus bovis endocarditis]. Ugeskr Laeger. 2007;169:610-1 pubmed
    Bacteremia and infectious endocarditis caused by Streptococcus bovis may be related to the presence of inflammation or neoplastic lesions in the large intestine...
  30. Gupta A, Madani R, Mukhtar H. Streptococcus bovis endocarditis, a silent sign for colonic tumour. Colorectal Dis. 2010;12:164-71 pubmed publisher
    An association between colonic carcinoma and Streptococcus bovis endocarditis/bacteraemia was first suggested in 1951. This knowledge has great clinical implications, yet we found scant awareness amongst general surgical trainees...
  31. Asanuma N, Yoshii T, Kanada K, Yoshizawa K, Arai Y, Ichikawa T, et al. Involvement of two-component signal transduction system, ComDE, in the regulation of growth and genetic transformation, in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis. Anaerobe. 2010;16:405-11 pubmed publisher
    In ruminants, Streptococcus bovis is considered to be associated with acute rumen acidosis. To elucidate the regulatory mechanisms of S...
  32. Kok H, Jureen R, Soon C, Tey B. Colon cancer presenting as Streptococcus gallolyticus infective endocarditis. Singapore Med J. 2007;48:e43-5 pubmed
    ..The early diagnosis of the colonic neoplasm has enabled our patient to have a curative surgery without compromising his quality of life...
  33. Kosowska Shick K, Smith K, Bogdanovich T, Ednie L, Jones R, Appelbaum P. Activity of DX-619 compared to other agents against viridans group streptococci, Streptococcus bovis, and Cardiobacterium hominis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006;50:4191-4 pubmed
    Against 198 viridans group streptococci, 25 Streptococcus bovis strains, and 5 Cardiobacterium hominis strains, MICs of DX-619, a des-F(6)-quinolone, were between 0.004 and 0.25 microg/ml...
  34. Thatrimontrichai A, Chanvitan P, Janjindamai W, Dissaneevate S, Maneenil G. Early onset neonatal bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. paste urianus. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2012;43:145-51 pubmed
    ..In the past, this organism may have been reported as Streptococcus bovis or S. bovis biotype II/2...
  35. Tjalsma H, Schöller Guinard M, Lasonder E, Ruers T, Willems H, Swinkels D. Profiling the humoral immune response in colon cancer patients: diagnostic antigens from Streptococcus bovis. Int J Cancer. 2006;119:2127-35 pubmed
    ..In this respect, the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus bovis has been associated with colon cancer for many years...
  36. Wentling G, Metzger P, Dozois E, Chua H, Krishna M. Unusual bacterial infections and colorectal carcinoma--Streptococcus bovis and Clostridium septicum: report of three cases. Dis Colon Rectum. 2006;49:1223-7 pubmed
    ..In the three cases described, uncommon infections resulted in further workup and subsequent resection for occult colonic malignancy. Awareness of this association is critical for early diagnosis and management...
  37. Yap D, To K, Yip T, Lui S, Chan T, Lai K, et al. Streptococcus bovis peritonitis complicating peritoneal dialysis--a review of 10 years' experience. Perit Dial Int. 2012;32:55-9 pubmed publisher
    An association of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia with carcinoma of colon has been reported, but data regarding peritoneal dialysis (PD) peritonitis caused by S. bovis is scarce...
  38. Kupferwasser I, Darius H, Muller A, Mohr Kahaly S, Westermeier T, Oelert H, et al. Clinical and morphological characteristics in Streptococcus bovis endocarditis: a comparison with other causative microorganisms in 177 cases. Heart. 1998;80:276-80 pubmed
    To compare the clinical and morphological characteristics of patients with Streptococcus bovis endocarditis with those of patients with endocarditis caused by other microorganisms.
  39. Vince K, Kantor S, Descalzi J. Late infection of a total knee arthroplasty with Streptococcus bovis in association with carcinoma of the large intestine. J Arthroplasty. 2003;18:813-5 pubmed
    Infection of a total knee arthroplasty with Streptococcus bovis in a 76-year-old man that led to the diagnosis of a bowel carcinoma is reported...
  40. Asanuma N, Hino T. Molecular characterization of HPr and related enzymes, and regulation of HPr phosphorylation in the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis. Arch Microbiol. 2003;179:205-13 pubmed publisher
    Molecular properties of HPr, enzyme I, and HPr kinase in Streptococcus bovis, and the regulation of HPr phosphorylation were examined. The genes encoding HPr (ptsH) and enzyme I (ptsI) were found to be cotranscribed...
  41. Asanuma N, Yoshii T, Hino T. Molecular characteristics of phosphoenolpyruvate: mannose phosphotransferase system in Streptococcus bovis. Curr Microbiol. 2004;49:4-9 pubmed
    To elucidate the regulatory mechanism of catabolite control in Streptococcus bovis, we investigated the molecular properties and gene expression of the mannose-specific phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)-dependent sugar: phosphotransferase system ..
  42. Anaf V, Noel J, Thys J, Simon P, Buxant F. A first case of Streptococcus bovis bacteremia and peritonitis from endometrial cancer origin. Acta Chir Belg. 2001;101:38-9 pubmed
    The most important clinical infections caused by Streptococcus Bovis are bacteremia and endocarditis. Usually, Streptococcus Bovis bacteremia has been described in association with bowel pathology.
  43. Lee R, Woo P, To A, Lau S, Wong S, Yuen K. Geographical difference of disease association in Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia. J Med Microbiol. 2003;52:903-8 pubmed
    From 1996 to 2001, 48 Streptococcus bovis strains were isolated from blood cultures of 37 patients in one hospital. Median patient age was 68 years (range: 1 day-88 years). The male : female ratio was 23 : 14...
  44. Duval X, Papastamopoulos V, Longuet P, Benoit C, Perronne C, Leport C, et al. Definite streptococcus bovis endocarditis: characteristics in 20 patients. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2001;7:3-10 pubmed
    To determine the specific characteristics of Streptococcus bovis infective endocarditis (IE) by reviewing our own experience of S. bovis IE.
  45. Herrero I, Rouse M, Piper K, Alyaseen S, Steckelberg J, Patel R. Reevaluation of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis cases from 1975 to 1985 by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis. J Clin Microbiol. 2002;40:3848-50 pubmed
    Studies that detected an association between Streptococcus bovis endocarditis and colon carcinoma have not taken into account the recently identified genetic diversity among organisms historically classified as S. bovis...
  46. Teitelbaum J, Triantafyllopoulou M. Inflammatory bowel disease and Streptococcus bovis. Dig Dis Sci. 2006;51:1439-42 pubmed
    Evidence suggests a trend for a higher fecal carriage rate of Streptococcus bovis in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study defines the fecal carriage rate of S...
  47. Potter M, Cunliffe N, Smith M, Miles R, Flapan A, Dunlop M. A prospective controlled study of the association of Streptococcus bovis with colorectal carcinoma. J Clin Pathol. 1998;51:473-4 pubmed
    To investigate the ability of Streptococcus bovis to colonise colorectal cancers.
  48. Poyart C, Quesne G, Trieu Cuot P. Taxonomic dissection of the Streptococcus bovis group by analysis of manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase gene (sodA) sequences: reclassification of 'Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli' as Streptococcus lutetiensis sp. nov. and of Streptococcu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2002;52:1247-55 pubmed
    The taxonomic dissection of the Streptococcus bovis-Streptococcus equinus group was carried out upon obtaining sequences for the manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase gene (sodA) of the type strains of S...
  49. Abdulamir A, Hafidh R, Abu Bakar F. The association of Streptococcus bovis/gallolyticus with colorectal tumors: the nature and the underlying mechanisms of its etiological role. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2011;30:11 pubmed publisher
    b>Streptococcus bovis (S. bovis) bacteria are associated with colorectal cancer and adenoma. S. bovis is currently named S. gallolyticus. 25 to 80% of patients with S. bovis/gallolyticus bacteremia have concomitant colorectal tumors...
  50. Smith A, Sra H, Bawa S, Stevens R. Streptococcus bovis meningitis and hemorrhoids. J Clin Microbiol. 2010;48:2654-5 pubmed publisher
    We report a case of Streptococcus bovis (Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp...
  51. Mantovani H, Hu H, Worobo R, Russell J. Bovicin HC5, a bacteriocin from Streptococcus bovis HC5. Microbiology. 2002;148:3347-52 pubmed
    Previous work indicated that Streptococcus bovis HC5 had significant antibacterial activity, and even nisin-resistant S. bovis JB1 cells could be strongly inhibited. S...
  52. Asanuma N, Iwamoto M, Hino T. Structure and transcriptional regulation of the gene encoding pyruvate formate-lyase of a ruminal bacterium, Streptococcus bovis. Microbiology. 1999;145 ( Pt 1):151-7 pubmed publisher
    The gene (pfl) encoding pyruvate formate-lyase (Pfl) from Streptococcus bovis was sequenced...
  53. Ferrari A, Botrugno I, Bombelli E, Dominioni T, Cavazzi E, Dionigi P. Colonoscopy is mandatory after Streptococcus bovis endocarditis: a lesson still not learned. Case report. World J Surg Oncol. 2008;6:49 pubmed publisher
    ..Even though the relationship between certain bacterial infections and neoplastic lesions of the colon is well-recognized, this knowledge has not been sufficiently translated into routine practice yet...
  54. Gavin P, Thomson R, Horng S, Yogev R. Neonatal sepsis caused by Streptococcus bovis variant (biotype II/2): report of a case and review. J Clin Microbiol. 2003;41:3433-5 pubmed
    b>Streptococcus bovis is an uncommon cause of infection in neonates. However, S. bovis is capable of causing fulminant neonatal sepsis or meningitis that is indistinguishable clinically from that caused by group B streptococcus. S...
  55. Romero B, Morosini M, Loza E, Rodríguez Baños M, Navas E, Canton R, et al. Reidentification of Streptococcus bovis isolates causing bacteremia according to the new taxonomy criteria: still an issue?. J Clin Microbiol. 2011;49:3228-33 pubmed publisher
    All Streptococcus bovis blood culture isolates recovered from January 2003 to January 2010 (n = 52) at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal were reidentified on the basis of their genetic traits using new taxonomic criteria...
  56. Pergola V, Di Salvo G, Habib G, Avierinos J, Philip E, Vailloud J, et al. Comparison of clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis with that caused by other pathogens. Am J Cardiol. 2001;88:871-5 pubmed
    The aim of our study was to compare the clinical, echographic, and prognostic features of Streptococcus bovis (S...
  57. Schlegel L, Grimont F, Grimont P, Bouvet A. New group D streptococcal species. Indian J Med Res. 2004;119 Suppl:252-6 pubmed
    ..of group D streptococci led to the identification of various biotypes of Streptococcus equinus and Streptococcus bovis and to the description of new species...
  58. Kahveci A, Ari E, Arikan H, Koc M, Tuglular S, Ozener C. Streptococcus bovis bacteremia related to colon adenoma in a chronic hemodialysis patient. Hemodial Int. 2010;14:91-3 pubmed publisher
    Abstract We report the case of a 54-year-old hemodialysis patient who presented with recurrent fever due to Streptococcus bovis bacteremia related to colonic tubulovillous adenoma...
  59. Asanuma N, Yoshii T, Hino T. Molecular characterization and transcription of the luxS gene that encodes LuxS autoinducer 2 synthase in Streptococcus bovis. Curr Microbiol. 2004;49:366-71 pubmed
    Presence of the luxS gene that encodes LuxS autoinducer 2 (AI-2) synthase in Streptococcus bovis was demonstrated, and the molecular properties and transcription of the gene were examined. The S...
  60. Sillanpaa J, Nallapareddy S, Singh K, Ferraro M, Murray B. Adherence characteristics of endocarditis-derived Streptococcus gallolyticus ssp. gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis biotype I) isolates to host extracellular matrix proteins. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2008;289:104-9 pubmed publisher
    Members of the Streptococcus bovis group are frequent colonizers of the intestinal tract, which can also cause endocarditis...
  61. Vaska V, Faoagali J. Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia: identification within organism complex and association with endocarditis and colonic malignancy. Pathology. 2009;41:183-6 pubmed publisher
    To identify Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia episodes and their clinical associations, including differences in associations by S. bovis biotypes (or species).
  62. Tsai J, Hsueh P, Chen H, Tseng S, Chen P, Teng L. The erm(T) gene is flanked by IS1216V in inducible erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005;49:4347-50 pubmed publisher
    ..pasteurianus (formerly S. bovis biotype II.2) isolates. In all isolates, the erm(T) genes were flanked by two IS1216V-like elements with the same polarity and were found to be inserted in the chromosome...
  63. Ghofar A, Ogawa S, Kokugan T. Production of L-lactic acid from fresh cassava roots slurried with tofu liquid waste by Streptococcus bovis. J Biosci Bioeng. 2005;100:606-12 pubmed
    ..substrate slurried with tofu liquid waste (TLW) as basal medium, was investigated by batch fermentation of Streptococcus bovis. The fermentation properties of the three substrates, namely, FCR, tapioca (cassava starch) and glucose, ..
  64. Herrera P, Kwon Y, Ricke S. Ecology and pathogenicity of gastrointestinal Streptococcus bovis. Anaerobe. 2009;15:44-54 pubmed publisher
    b>Streptococcus bovis is an indigenous resident in the gastrointestinal tracts of both humans and animals. S...
  65. Barile S, Devirgiliis C, Perozzi G. Molecular characterization of a novel mosaic tet(S/M) gene encoding tetracycline resistance in foodborne strains of Streptococcus bovis. Microbiology. 2012;158:2353-62 pubmed publisher
    ..b>Streptococcus bovis is a human opportunistic pathogen often associated with infections in immune-compromised or cancer patients,..
  66. Poyart C, Pierre C, Quesne G, Pron B, Berche P, Trieu Cuot P. Emergence of vancomycin resistance in the genus Streptococcus: characterization of a vanB transferable determinant in Streptococcus bovis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997;41:24-9 pubmed
    b>Streptococcus bovis NEM760 was isolated from a stool swab collected on admission from a patient as surveillance for vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Strain NEM760 was identified as S...