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Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus	Species/Subspecies

Species/Subspecies:

Staphylococcus warneri

Category:

In the normal flora

Etymology:

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.

Significance:

[Of minor importance]

Taxonomy:

Phylum
Firmicutes

Class
Bacilli

Order
Bacillales

Family
Staphylococcaceae

Genus
Staphylococcus

Type Strain:

ATCC 27836 = CCUG 7325 = NCTC 11044.

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.

Micromorphology:

Non-motile cocci (spherical) with a diameter of 0.5-1.2 µm, whith appear singly, in pairs and in tetrads.

Gram +/Gram -:

G+

Catalase/Oxidase:

+/-

Other Enzymes:

Koagulase -

Fermentation of carbohydrates:

D-glucose	lactose	maltose	L-rhamnose	sucrose
+	(-)	(+)	-	+
L-arabinose	cellobiose	D-mannitol	salicin	trehalose
-	-	(+)	-	+
glycerol	inulin	raffinose	D-sorbitol	starch
+	?	-	-	?

Does not ferment fucose and cellobiose. cf. Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. sciuri).

Spec. Char.:

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.

Hosts:

Belongs to the normal skin flora in animals and humans.

Clinical Picture:

16S rRNA Seq.:

Acc-no	Strain	Number of NT	Operon
L37603	ATCC 27836^T	1470

Taxonomy/phylogeny:

About 70 species and subspecies have been described within the genus Staphylococcus.

Reference(s):

No. 146

Updated:

2020-10-28

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