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Species/Subspecies: Staphylococcus felis
Category: Causes hemolysis
Etymology: Genus name: bunch of grape-like cocci (coccus means a grain or berry)
Species epithet: of cat
Significance:  [Important]   
Taxonomy:
Phylum
Bacillota
Class
Bacilli
Order
Bacillales
Family
Staphylococcaceae 
Genus
Staphylococcus
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
?
Comment: delayed acid production from mannitol.
Other carbohydrates: Mannose +.
Spec. Char.:
Special Media:
Disease:
HostsDiseaseClinical picture
CatsDermatitis, abscesses, urinary tract infections and conjunctivitis.Opportunistic
16S rRNA Seq.:
Acc-noStrainNumber of NTOperon
D83364 ATCC 49168T 1 475  

Taxonomy/phylogeny:
Staphylococcus felis  
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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