Staphylococcus sciuri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Staphylococcaceae |
Genus: | Staphylococcus |
Species: | S. sciuri |
Binomial name | |
Staphylococcus sciuri Kloos et al. 1976 |
Staphylococcus sciuri is a Gram-positive, oxidase-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. The type subspecies S. sciuri subsp. sciuri was originally used to categorize 35 strains shown to use cellobiose, galactose, sucrose, and glycerol.
Nemeghaire, Stéphanie; Argudín, M. Ángeles; Feßler, Andrea T.; Hauschild, Tomasz; Schwarz, Stefan; Butaye, Patrick (16 July 2014). "The ecological importance of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group as a reservoir for resistance and virulence genes". Veterinary Microbiology. 171 (3-4): 342–356. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.005.