| Staphylococcus vitulinus |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Staphylococcaceae, Genus Staphylococcus, Staphylococcus
vitulinus (Staphylococcus vitulus Webster et al. 1994 ; corrected by Trüper and De’ Clari 1998);
Synonym: Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwinska et al. 1995.
vitulinus (Staphylococcus vitulus Webster et al. 1994 ; corrected by Trüper and De’ Clari 1998);
Synonym: Staphylococcus pulvereri Zakrzewska-Czerwinska et al. 1995.
Gram-positive cocci, nonmotile, nonsporing.
Colonies are opaque, yellow, sometimes with irregular margins. Facultatively
anaerobic – grow better aerobically, 37 ºC. Media: Trypticase Soy Yeast extract Agar ±
5% sheep blood, Mueller-Hinton agar, P agar.
anaerobic – grow better aerobically, 37 ºC. Media: Trypticase Soy Yeast extract Agar ±
5% sheep blood, Mueller-Hinton agar, P agar.
Isolated from human clinical samples (urine), animals - calf (latin “vitulus”), horse, fish and meat products.
Resistant to novobiocin.
Resistant to novobiocin.
Unknown; potential nosocomial infections & food contaminant.
- Webster J.A., Bannerman T.L., Hubner R.J., Ballard D.N., Cole E.M., Bruce J.L., Fiedler F., Schubert K. & Kloos W.E.: Identification
of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group with EcoRI fragments containing rRNA sequences and description of Staphylococcus
vitulus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 454-460. - Zakrzewska-Czerwinska J., Gaszewska-Mastalarz A., Lis B., Gamian A. & Mordarski M.: Staphylococcus pulvereri sp. nov., isolated
from human and animal specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 169-172. - Svec P., Vancanneyt M., Sedlacek I., Engelbeen K., Štetina V., Swings J. & Petras P.: Reclassification of Staphylococcus pulvereri
Zakrzewska-Czerwińska et al. 1995 as a later synonym of Staphylococcus vitulinus Webster et al. 1994. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.,
2004, 54, 2213-2215. - 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.
Positive results for oxidase, acid production from: fructose, trehalose, mannitol and sucrose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, urease, arginine dihydrolase, acetoin production (Voges - Proskauer), coagulase-rabbit
plasma, DN-ase, heat-stable nuclease, ornithine decarboxylase, staphylocoagulase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, acid
production from: arabinose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, galactose, melezitose, turanose, raffinose, lactose, mannose and xylitol.
Variable results for esculin hydrolysis, beta-glucosidase, clumping factor, acid production from: xylose, cellobiose and ribose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, urease, arginine dihydrolase, acetoin production (Voges - Proskauer), coagulase-rabbit
plasma, DN-ase, heat-stable nuclease, ornithine decarboxylase, staphylocoagulase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, acid
production from: arabinose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, galactose, melezitose, turanose, raffinose, lactose, mannose and xylitol.
Variable results for esculin hydrolysis, beta-glucosidase, clumping factor, acid production from: xylose, cellobiose and ribose.
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