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Species/Subspecies: Staphylococcus warneri
Category: In the normal flora
Etymology: Genus name: bunch of grape-like cocci (coccus means a grain or berry).
Species epithet: from a human. Named after Arthur Warner, from whom this bacterium was first isolated.
Significance:  [Of minor importance]   
Taxonomy:
Phylum
Bacillota
Class
Bacilli
Order
Bacillales
Family
Staphylococcaceae 
Genus
Staphylococcus
Type Strain: ATCC 27836 = CCUG 7325 = NCTC 11044.
Macromorphology (smell): Form medium sized colonies (3-5 mm in diameter), which are circular, glistening and opaque. The colonies are usually sticky and some strains produce a yellowish pigment.
Micromorphology: Non-motile cocci (spherical) with a diameter of 0.5-1.2 µm, whith appear singly, in pairs and in tetrads.
Gram +/Gram -:G+
Catalase/Oxidase:+/-
Other Enzymes: Koagulase -
Fermentation of carbohydrates:
D-glucose
+
lactose
(-)
maltose
(+)
L-rhamnose
-
sucrose
+
L-arabinose
-
cellobiose
-
D-mannitol
(+)
salicin
-
trehalose
+
glycerol
+
inulin
?
raffinose
-
D-sorbitol
-
starch
?
Does not ferment fucose and cellobiose. cf. Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. sciuri).
Spec. Char.:
Special Media:
Disease:May cause skin infections in individuals with a compromised immune system. It has been suggested that this bacterium can cause spontaneous abortion in cattle and humans.
Hosts: Belongs to the normal skin flora in animals and humans.
Clinical Picture:
16S rRNA Seq.:
Acc-noStrainNumber of NTOperon
L37603 ATCC 27836T 1470  

Taxonomy/phylogeny: About 70 species and subspecies have been described within the genus Staphylococcus.
Reference(s): No. 146
Updated:2023-03-08

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