| Species/Subspecies: | Staphylococcus lugdunensis | |||||||||
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| Categories: | Causes hemolysis; in the normal flora; primarily of interest in human medicin | |||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: bunch of grape-like cocci (coccus means a grain or berry) Species epithet:lugdunensis, refers to Lugdunum, the Latin name of Lyon, a French city where the organism was first isolated | |||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | |||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Staphylococcaceae Genus Staphylococcus |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 43809; CCUG 25348; CIP 103642; DSM 4804 | |||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell):
| Form medium sized white colonies (1-3 mm in diameter). | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Non-motile cocci (1-1.5 µm in diameter). | |||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | |||||||||
| Metabolism: | (Facultatively) aerobic | |||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/(-) | |||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Coagulas - | |||||||||
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| Disease: | Is usually a harmless commensal, but can cause infections in individuals with weakened immune systems.
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| 16S rRNA Seq.: | - | |||||||||
| Taxonomy/phylogeny: | About 70 species and subspecies have been described within the genus Staphylococcus. | |||||||||
| Updated: | 2025-11-14 |