| Macrococcus bovicus |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Staphylococcaceae, Genus Macrococcus, Macrococcus bovicus
Kloos et al. 1998.
Old synonym: Staphylococcus bovicus Ballard et al. 1995.
Kloos et al. 1998.
Old synonym: Staphylococcus bovicus Ballard et al. 1995.
Gram positive cocci, nonmotile, nonsporing, (1.4-2.5 μm in diameter). Occur singly or
grouped in pairs or tetrads.
grouped in pairs or tetrads.
Colonies are slightly convex, entire, butyrous, glistening, opaque, 4 mm in diameter,
pale yellow to medium orange. Partial hemolysis (greening) of horse and bovine
blood. Aerobic, no growth anaerobically. Optimum temperature 35 ºC.
Media: Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood, BHI agar, P agar.
pale yellow to medium orange. Partial hemolysis (greening) of horse and bovine
blood. Aerobic, no growth anaerobically. Optimum temperature 35 ºC.
Media: Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood, BHI agar, P agar.
Isolated from cattle, horses, and ponies. The type strain was isolated from a cow's skin. Resistant to novobiocin. Susceptible to
lysostaphin.
lysostaphin.
Not determined.
- Karl-Heinz Schleifer and Julia A. Bell, 2009. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. nov.. In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R.
Krieg, W. Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The
Firmicutes, Springer, 392-426. - Wesley E. Kloos, Deborah N. Ballard, Carol G. George, John A. Webster, Romeo J. Hubner, Wolfgang Ludwig, Karl H. Schleifer,
Franz Fiedler, and Karin Schubert. Delimiting the genus Staphylococcus through description of Macrococcus caseolyticus gen.
nov., comb. nov. and Macrococcus equipercicus sp. nov., Macrococcus bovicus sp. nov. and Macrococcus carouselicus sp. nov. Int
J Syst Bacteriol July 1998 48:859-877.
Positive results for oxidase, catalase, acid production from: glycerol, D-mannitol and D-fructose.
Negative results for acetoin production, nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, alkaline phosphatase, ornithine
decarboxylase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, acid production from: lactose, cellobiose and ribose.
Variable results for clumping factor, beta-glucosidase, DN-ase, urease, acid production from: maltose and saccharose.
Negative results for acetoin production, nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, alkaline phosphatase, ornithine
decarboxylase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, acid production from: lactose, cellobiose and ribose.
Variable results for clumping factor, beta-glucosidase, DN-ase, urease, acid production from: maltose and saccharose.
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