Species/Subspecies: | Staphylococcus warneri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Staphylococcaceae Genus Staphylococcus |
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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: |
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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. |
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Hosts: | Belongs to the normal skin flora in animals and humans. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy/phylogeny: | About 70 species and subspecies have been described within the genus Staphylococcus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference(s): | No. 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated: | 2020-10-28 |