| Species/Subspecies:
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Staphylococcus warneri |
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| Category:
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In the normal flora |
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| Etymology:
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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. |
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| Significance: | [Of minor importance]
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| Taxonomy:
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Class
Bacilli Order
Bacillales Family
Staphylococcaceae Genus
Staphylococcus |
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| Type Strain:
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ATCC 27836 = CCUG 7325 = NCTC 11044. |
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| 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. |
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| Micromorphology:
| Non-motile cocci (spherical) with a diameter of 0.5-1.2 µm, whith appear singly, in pairs and in tetrads. |
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- |
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| Other Enzymes:
| Koagulase - |
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| 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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| Spec. Char.:
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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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| Clinical Picture:
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| L37603 | ATCC 27836T | 1470 | |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 70 species and subspecies have been described within the genus Staphylococcus. |
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| Reference(s):
| No. 146 |
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| Updated: | 2023-03-08 |
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