Staphylococcus sciuri

Staphylococcus sciuri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Staphylococcus
Species: S. sciuri
Binomial name
Staphylococcus sciuri
Kloos et al. 1976

Staphylococcus sciuri is a Gram positive, oxidase-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. The type subspecies S. sciuri subsp. sciuri was originally used to categorize 35 strains shown to utilize cellobiose, galactose, sucrose, and glycerol.[1]

References

  1. KLOOS, W. E.; SCHLEIFER, K. H.; SMITH, R. F. (1 January 1976). "Characterization of Staphylococcus sciuri sp.nov. and Its Subspecies". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 26 (1): 22–37. doi:10.1099/00207713-26-1-22.

Further reading

Nemeghaire, Stéphanie; Argudín, M. Ángeles; Feßler, Andrea T.; Hauschild, Tomasz; Schwarz, Stefan; Butaye, Patrick (16 July 2014). "The ecological importance of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group as a reservoir for resistance and virulence genes". Veterinary Microbiology 171 (3-4): 342–356. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.005. Retrieved 4 November 2014. 

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