| Staphylococcus felis |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Staphylococcaceae, Genus Staphylococcus, Staphylococcus
felis Igimi et al. 1989.
felis Igimi et al. 1989.
Gram-positive cocci, 0.8-1.2 μm, nonmotile, nonsporing.
S-type, white, rounded colonies, 5-8 mm in diameter. Facultatively anaerobic, 37 ºC
(30-32 ºC optimal growth). Weak growth at 15 and 45 ºC. Weakly hemolytic; no
hemolysins detected. Grows in 10% NaCl in 24 hours and in 15% NaCl in 72 hours.
Grow on media: Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood, Chapman & P-agar.
(30-32 ºC optimal growth). Weak growth at 15 and 45 ºC. Weakly hemolytic; no
hemolysins detected. Grows in 10% NaCl in 24 hours and in 15% NaCl in 72 hours.
Grow on media: Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood, Chapman & P-agar.
Isolated from dogs and cats. Lysostaphin-sensitive. Novobiocin- and bacitracin-susceptible.
Feline urinary tract pathogen, also can cause abscesses, dermatitis and conjunctivitis.
- Holt J.G., Krieg N.R., Sneath P.H.A., Staley J.T., Wiliams S.T., 1994. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Ninth Edition,
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. Group 17, Gram-Positive Cocci, 527-558. - Igimi S., Kawamura S., Takahashi E. & Mitsuoka T.: Staphylococcus felis, a new species from clinical specimens from cats. Int. J.
Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 373-377. - Annette Litster, Susan M. Moss, Mary Honnery, Bob Rees and Darren J. Trott: Prevalence of bacterial species in cats with clinical
signs of lower urinary tract disease: Recognition of Staphylococcus felis as a possible feline urinary tract pathogen. Veterinary
microbiology, Volume 121, Issues 1-2, 31 March 2007, Pages 182-188. - 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.
Biochemically close to Staphylococcus simulans.
Positive results for nitrate reduction, alkaline phosphatase, urease, arginine dihydrolase, beta-galactosidase, oxidase, catalase,
acetoin production, acid production from: glucose, glycerol, lactose, mannose and trehalose.
Negative results oxidase, acetoin production, hyaluronidase, coagulase-rabbit plasma, clumping factor, heat-stable nuclease,
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, acid production from: xylitol, raffinose, xylose, arabinose, cellobiose, salicin, melezitose and
cellobiose.
Variable results for acid production from mannitol, ribose, sucrose and galactose.
Positive results for nitrate reduction, alkaline phosphatase, urease, arginine dihydrolase, beta-galactosidase, oxidase, catalase,
acetoin production, acid production from: glucose, glycerol, lactose, mannose and trehalose.
Negative results oxidase, acetoin production, hyaluronidase, coagulase-rabbit plasma, clumping factor, heat-stable nuclease,
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, acid production from: xylitol, raffinose, xylose, arabinose, cellobiose, salicin, melezitose and
cellobiose.
Variable results for acid production from mannitol, ribose, sucrose and galactose.
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