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Firmicutes => Bacilli => Bacillales => Staphylococcaceae => Staphylococcus => Staphylococcus lugdunensis Freney et al. 1988.
Gram positive cocci, 0.8–1.0 μm in diameter, non-motile, non-sporing.
Opaque (sometimes transparent or mixed), white-yellowish, S-type colonies. Small
area of beta haemolysis (weak). Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 37 ºC.
Temperature range for good growth 30–45°C; weak growth at 20°C. Tolerates 10%
NaCl; delayed growth on 15% NaCl. Media: Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood,
Trypticase Soy Broth, P agar.
area of beta haemolysis (weak). Facultatively anaerobic, growth temperature 37 ºC.
Temperature range for good growth 30–45°C; weak growth at 20°C. Tolerates 10%
NaCl; delayed growth on 15% NaCl. Media: Trypticase Soy Agar ± 5% sheep blood,
Trypticase Soy Broth, P agar.
Isolated from human skin (perineal region mostly), abscesses, infected wounds, urine.
Susceptible to novobiocin and lysostaphin. Resistant to lysozyme and bacitracin.
Susceptible to novobiocin and lysostaphin. Resistant to lysozyme and bacitracin.
Skin infections, brain abscess, sepsis, arthritis, urinary tract infections, chronic osteomyelitis & endocarditis reports (Staphylococcus
aureus -like infections).
Prosthetic valve endocarditis, rarely native valve endocarditis.
Biofilm production (polysaccharide intercellular adhesin produced causing adhesion to prosthetic polymer devices).
aureus -like infections).
Prosthetic valve endocarditis, rarely native valve endocarditis.
Biofilm production (polysaccharide intercellular adhesin produced causing adhesion to prosthetic polymer devices).
- 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. - Freney J., Brun Y., Bes M., Meugnier H., Grimont F., Grimont P.A.D., Nervi C. & Fleurette J.: Staphylococcus lugdunensis sp.
nov. and Staphylococcus schleiferi sp. nov., two species from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 168-
172. - M. L. Ling, M. Yeo: Staphylococcus lugdunensis: Report of first case of skin & soft tissue infection in Singapore. Singapore Med
J 2000 Vol 41(4) : 177-178. - Michael J. Leung, Nichalas Nuttall, Todd M. Pryce, Geoffrey W. Coombs & John W. Pearman: Colony Variation in
Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3096-3098, Vol. 36, No. 10. - 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 nitrate reduction, clumping factor, deoxyribonuclease, catalase,
ornithine decarboxylase, pyrrolidonyl aminopeptidase, N-acetylglucosaminidase,
acetoin production, acid production from: fructose, lactose, trehalose, sucrose,
D-glucose, alpha-methyl D-glucoside, glycerol & mannose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, oxidase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, gelatinase, heat-stable nuclease,
staphylokinase, arginine dihydrolase, acid production from: mannitol, xylitol, raffinose, xylose, arabinose, cellobiose & ribose.
Variable results for urease, beta-glucosidase & acid production from turanose.
ornithine decarboxylase, pyrrolidonyl aminopeptidase, N-acetylglucosaminidase,
acetoin production, acid production from: fructose, lactose, trehalose, sucrose,
D-glucose, alpha-methyl D-glucoside, glycerol & mannose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, oxidase, beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, gelatinase, heat-stable nuclease,
staphylokinase, arginine dihydrolase, acid production from: mannitol, xylitol, raffinose, xylose, arabinose, cellobiose & ribose.
Variable results for urease, beta-glucosidase & acid production from turanose.
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