Staphylococcus stepanovicii

Staphylococcus stepanovicii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Staphylococcus
Species:	S. stepanovicii
Binomial name
	Staphylococcus stepanovicii; Hauschild et al. 2010

Staphylococcus stepanovicii is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single, paired, and clustered cocci. The species is novobiocin-resistant and oxidase-positive. It was named in honor of Serbian microbiologist Srdjan Stepanović.[1]

S. stepanovicii has been isolated from the skin of small mammals in the wild.[2]

References

Hauschild, Tomasz; Stepanović, Srdjan; Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, Jolanta (June 2010). "Staphylococcus stepanovicii sp. nov., a novel novobiocin-resistant oxidase-positive staphylococcal species isolated from wild small mammals". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 33 (4): 183–187. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.03.004.
Hauschild, T; Sliżewski, P; Masiewicz, P (December 2010). "Species distribution of staphylococci from small wild mammals". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 33 (8): 457–60. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.08.007. PMID 20970941.

External links

Type strain of Staphylococcus stepanovicii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Hauschild, Tomasz; Stepanović, Srdjan; Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, Jolanta (June 2010). "Staphylococcus stepanovicii sp. nov., a novel novobiocin-resistant oxidase-positive staphylococcal species isolated from wild small mammals". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 33 (4): 183–187. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.03.004.

[2] Hauschild, T; Sliżewski, P; Masiewicz, P (December 2010). "Species distribution of staphylococci from small wild mammals". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 33 (8): 457–60. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.08.007. PMID 20970941.