MOTILE STREPTOCOCCI ISOLATED FROM THE OROPHARYNGEAL REGION

Abstract

Five strains of motile, alpha hemolytic streptococci were isolated during a systematic study of 820 oropharyngeal specimens for group D streptococci. The motile streptococci contain the Lancefield group D somatic polysaccharide. Photomicrographs record the presence of flagella in stained preparations. It appears both practical and expedient to classify these motile group D streptococci as another variety of Streptococcus faecalis.