Species/Subspecies: | Staphylococcus felis | ||||||||
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Category: | Causes hemolysis | ||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: bunch of grape-like cocci (coccus means a grain or berry) Species epithet: of cat | ||||||||
Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Staphylococcaceae Genus Staphylococcus |
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Type Strain: | GD521 = ATCC 49168 = CCUG 32418 and 38440. | ||||||||
Macromorphology (smell): | Forms large, smoth and opaque colonies (5-8 mm in diameter). Gives hemolysis on blood agar | ||||||||
Micromorphology: | Cocci (0.8-1.2 µm in diameter), which appear in clusters, pairs or singly. | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||
Other Enzymes: | Coagulase -, urease + | ||||||||
Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose + maltose - L-rhamnose ? sucrose v L-arabinose - cellobiose - D-mannitol + salicin - trehalose + glycerol + inulin ? raffinose - D-sorbitol ? starch ? Other carbohydrates: Mannose +. |
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About 70 species and subspecies have been desribed within the genus Staphylococcus. S. felis is closely related to S. intermedius, S. pseudintermedius, S. delphini,S. schleiferi and S. hyicus. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-08 |
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