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Firmicutes => Bacilli => Bacillales => Staphylococcaceae => Staphylococcus => Staphylococcus fleurettii Vernozy-Rozand et al. 2000.
Gram positive cocci, 0.8 – 1.4 μm, non-motile, non-sporing.
S-type colonies, rarely pigmented. Diameter is under 3 mm on P agar or 8–12 mm on
Tryptic Soy Agar at 37°C. Facultatively anaerobic, 37 ºC. Grow on 10% NaCl agar.
Tryptic Soy Agar at 37°C. Facultatively anaerobic, 37 ºC. Grow on 10% NaCl agar.
Isolated from goat milk & cheese. Resistant to novobiocin, bacitracin and lysozyme. Lysostaphin-sensitive.
Unknown. No enterotoxins produced.
- Vernozy-Rozand C., Mazuy C., Megunier H., Bes M., Lasne Y., Fiedler F., Etienne J. & Freney J.: Staphylococcus fleurettii sp.
nov., isolated from goat's milk cheeses. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1521-1527. - 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, nitrate reduction, catalase, acid production from:
mannose, sucrose, fructose, trehalose & turanose.
Negative results for ornithine decarboxylase, staphylocoagulase, alkaline
phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, urease, coagulase-rabbit plasma, clumping
factor, deoxyribonuclease agar, heat-stable nuclease, acid production from lactose,
xylitol, raffinose, cellobiose, fucose, galactose, melezitose & salicin.
Variable results for acetoin production, acid production from: trehalose & arabinose.
mannose, sucrose, fructose, trehalose & turanose.
Negative results for ornithine decarboxylase, staphylocoagulase, alkaline
phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, urease, coagulase-rabbit plasma, clumping
factor, deoxyribonuclease agar, heat-stable nuclease, acid production from lactose,
xylitol, raffinose, cellobiose, fucose, galactose, melezitose & salicin.
Variable results for acetoin production, acid production from: trehalose & arabinose.
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