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Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus	Species/Subspecies

Species/Subspecies:

Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis

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:

Phylum
Firmicutes

Class
Bacilli

Order
Bacillales

Family
Staphylococcaceae

Genus
Staphylococcus

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

Catalase/Oxidase:

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
?	?	?	?	?

Is also fermenting mannose.

Spec. Char.:

Virulence Factors:

Phenol soluble modulins (PSMs) that are proinflammatory and contribute to tha ability to form a biofilm.

Genome Sequence:

Acc-no	Strain	Size (bp)	Genome	Ref.
CP007601	AYP1020	2 443 604	1c + 1c + 1pp	Nr 156

16S rRNA Seq.:

Acc-no	Strain	Number of NT	Operon
AB626127	JCM 2420^T	1473	6

Taxonomy/phylogeny:

Reference(s):

No. 156

Updated:

2020-12-10

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