| Species/Subspecies:
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Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. (hyicus) |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: bunch of grape-like cocci (coccus means a grain or berry)
Species epithet: of pig (Subspecies epithet: see Species epithet) |
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| Significance: | [Very important]
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| Old Species Name(s): | Staphylococcus hyicus subsp. hyicus |
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Firmicutes | Bacilli | Bacillales | Staphylococcaceae | Staphylococcus |
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| Type Strain:
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D. Sompolinsky no 1 = ATCC 11249 = NCTC 10350. |
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Macromorphology (smell):
 | Large (4-7 mm in diameter), white and opaque colonies, giving no hemolysis on blood agar |
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| Micromorphology:
| Cocci in clusters |
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Gram +/Gram -:
 | G+ |
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| Metabolism:
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Facultatively anaerobic |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- |
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| Other Enzymes:
| Coagulase V (with rabbit plasma and horse plasma) |
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| Biochemical Tests:
| Voges-Proskauer - |
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Fermentation of carbohydrates:
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| D-Glucose | Lactose | Maltose | L-rhamnose | Sucrose |
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| + | + | - | - | + | | L-Arabinos | Cellobios | D-mannitol | Salicin | Trehalose |
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| - | - | - | - | + | | Glycerol | Inulin | Raffinose | D-sorbitol | Starch |
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| + | ? | - | ? | ? |
Other carbohydrates: Mannose +. |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Hosts:
| Pig (usually suckling pig), cattle. |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Exsudativ epidermit eller svartskorv resp. mastit. |
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| Disease (English): | Exudative epidermitis or greasy pig disease. |
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| Clinical Picture:
| Black coatings, which begins on the head and which ultimately may cover the entire body. Leads to dehydration and relatively high mortality. |
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| D83368 | ATCC 11249T | 1 476 | |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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