| Species/Subspecies: | Staphylococcus aureus subsp. anaerobius | ||||||||
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| Category: | Causes hemolysis | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: bunch of grape-like cocci (coccus means a grain or berry) Species epithet: golden Subspecies epithet: does not live in the presence of air (i.e. anaerobic) | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Staphylococcaceae Genus Staphylococcus |
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| Type Strain: | MVF-7 = ATCC 35844 = CCUG 37246. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | Gives hemolysis on blood agar. Produces no pigment. | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Non-mobile cocci (0.8-1.0 µm in diameter), which occur in pairs or individually. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Anaerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | -/- | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Coagulase +, DNase + | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose - maltose + L-rhamnose - sucrose + L-arabinose - cellobiose - D-mannitol - salicin - trehalose - glycerol - inulin - raffinose - D-sorbitol - starch ? |
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| Disease: | Abscess disease of sheep and goats. |
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| Hosts: | Sheep, goat and man | ||||||||
| Clinical Picture: | Abscesses in the superficial lymph nodes | ||||||||
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About 70 species and subspecies have been described within the genus Staphylococcus. S. aureus subsp. anaerobius is as the name implies closely related to S. aureus subsp, aureus. | ||||||||
| Comment: | Have mutations in the cat A and katB genes, resulting in a non-functional catalase | ||||||||
| Reference(s): | No. 91 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-08 |