Species/Subspecies: | Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis | ||||||||||
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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 the head (of humans) | ||||||||||
Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Staphylococcaceae Genus Staphylococcus |
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Type Strain: | ATCC 27840 = CCUG 7326 = NCTC 11045. | ||||||||||
Macromorphology (smell): | Forms small chalk white colonies (1-3 mm in diameter), which are glistening, convex and have an edge. Does not give hemolysis in blood agar. | ||||||||||
Micromorphology: | Non-motile cocci (0.8-1.2 µm in diameter), which appear in pair or in tetrads. | ||||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||||
Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||||
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Other Enzymes: | Coagulase -, DNase w | ||||||||||
Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose - maltose - L-rhamnose ? sucrose (+) L-arabinose - cellobiose ? D-mannitol + salicin ? trehalose - glycerol ? inulin ? raffinose ? D-sorbitol ? starch ? |
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Virulence Factors: | Phenol soluble modulins (PSMs) that are proinflammatory and contribute to tha ability to form a biofilm. | ||||||||||
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Reference(s): | No. 156 | ||||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-08 |
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