View source for Α-hemolytic streptococci

== Identification ==
{{DISPLAYTITLE:α-hemolytic streptococci}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Optochin
!VP (acetoin)
!Arginine
!PYR
!Urease
!Mannitol
!β-gal
!Species
|-
| +
| colspan="6" |
|[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]
|-
| rowspan="8" |–
| rowspan="6" | +
| rowspan="2" | +
| +
| colspan="3" |
|[[Streptococcus urinalis]]
|-
|–
| colspan="3" |
|[[Streptococcus anginosus group]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |–
|
| +
| colspan="2" |
|[[Streptococcus salivarius group]]
|-
|
| rowspan="3" |–
| rowspan="2" | +
| +
|[[Streptococcus mutans group]]
|-
|
|–
|[[Streptococcus bovis]]
|-
|
|–
|
|[[Streptococcus bovis]] variants
[[Streptococcus salivarius]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |–
| colspan="2" |
| +
| colspan="2" |
|[[Streptococcus vestibularis]]
|-
| colspan="2" |
|–
| colspan="2" |
|[[Streptococcus mitis group]]
|}
[[Category:Gram-positive cocci]]