The name S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimiliswas proposed for hsubsp. dysgalactiae was proposed for animal isolates. Twoyears later, the name S. dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae forthe alpha haemolytic group C strains and S. dysgalactiaesubsp. equisimilis for the beta-haemolytic strains were beenproposed on the basis of DNA–DNA reassociation exper-iments [4]uman isolates, while S. dysgalactiae