Species/Subspecies: | Staphylococcus chromogenes | ||||||||
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Etymology: | Genus name: bunch of grape-like cocci (coccus means a grain or berry). Species epithet: colour producing. | ||||||||
Significance: | The morbidity can be relatively high in some herds. [Important] |
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Taxonomy: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Staphylococcaceae Genus Staphylococcus |
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Type Strain: | 1462 = ATCC 43764 = CCUG 4319 = NCTC 10530. | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell):
| Large glistening and buttery colonies. The colonies are non-hemolysing. | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Non-motile cocci (0.8-1 µm in diameter), which occurs individually, in pairs, in tetrads or in clusters. | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic. | ||||||||
Catalase/Oxidase: | +/? | ||||||||
Other Enzymes: | Coagulase - | ||||||||
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Disease: | Subclinical mastitis. |
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Hosts: | Dairy cows | ||||||||
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Diagnostics: | MALDI-TOF | ||||||||
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Updated: | 2023-03-08 |
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