Species/Subspecies: | Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. coagulans | ||||||||
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Category: | Causes hemolysis | ||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: bunch of grape-like coccus (coccus means a grain or berry Species epithet: named after the German microbiologist Karl Heinz Schleifer, for his contributions to the taxonomy of Gram-positive bacteria Subspecies epithet: coagulating | ||||||||
Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Staphylococcaceae Genus Staphylococcus |
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Type Strain: | GA211 = ATCC 49545 = CCUG 37248 | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell):
| Small (1.5 - 2.0 mm in diameter), opaque and glistening colonies. Gives hemolysis on horse blood agar. | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Nonmotile cocci (0.8-1.2 µm in diameter) in irregular clusters. Exist also single or in pair. | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||
Other Enzymes: | Coagulase + | ||||||||
Biochemical Tests: | Voges-Proskauer + | ||||||||
Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose v maltose - L-rhamnose - sucrose v L-arabinose - cellobiose - D-mannitol v salicin ? trehalose - glycerol + inulin ? raffinose - D-sorbitol - starch ? |
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 70 species and subspecies have been described within the genus Staphylococcus. S. schleiferi is closely related to S. pseudintermedius, S. delphini and S. intermedius. | ||||||||
Comment: | Can be confused with S. intermedius, S. pseudintermedius or even S. aureus subsp. aureus, which are all coagulase positive. Methicillin resistant strains has been isolated. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-08 |
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