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Firmicutes => Bacilli => Bacillales => Staphylococcaceae => Staphylococcus => Staphylococcus simiae Pantucek et al. 2005
Gram positive cocci, 0.7-0.8 μm diameter, non-motile, non-sporing.
Colonies reach 1–1.5 mm in diameter after 24 hours and are circular, smooth, flat
with low-convex centres, glistening, white and have continuous margins. Weak
hemolysis. Facultatively anaerobic, optimum temperature 37 ºC ( can grow at 15 – 45
ºC). Media: Trypticase Soy Yeast extract Agar ± 5% sheep blood, Trypticase Soy Yeast
extract Broth. Can grow on 12% NaCl agar.
with low-convex centres, glistening, white and have continuous margins. Weak
hemolysis. Facultatively anaerobic, optimum temperature 37 ºC ( can grow at 15 – 45
ºC). Media: Trypticase Soy Yeast extract Agar ± 5% sheep blood, Trypticase Soy Yeast
extract Broth. Can grow on 12% NaCl agar.
Isolated from South American squirrel monkey - Saimiri sciureus L. (rectal swab & faeces). Sensible to novobiocin & lysostaphin.
Unknown. The eight strains isolated did not produce enterotoxins, although one strain was isolated from a monkey with diarrhoea
and rectal haemorrhage that died after 5 days.
and rectal haemorrhage that died after 5 days.
- Pantucek R., Sedlacek I., Petras P., Koukalova D., Svek P., Stetina V., Vancanneyt M., Chrastinova L., Vokurova J., Ruzickova V.,
Doskar J., Swings J. & Hajek V.: Staphylococcus simiae sp. nov., isolated from South American squirrel monkeys. Int. J. Syst.
Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1953-1958. - 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
Positive results for nitrate reduction, alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase,
urease, catalase, acid production from: N-acetylglucosamine, fructose, lactose,
trehalose, mannitol, sucrose, glucose, galactose, matose, melezitose & turanose.
Negative results for oxidase, acetoin production, hydrolysis of aesculin, coagulase,
clumping factor, heat-stable nuclease, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
beta-galactosidase, ornithine decarboxylase, acid production from: arabinose, cellobiose, ribose, mannose, raffinose, xylose & xylitol.
urease, catalase, acid production from: N-acetylglucosamine, fructose, lactose,
trehalose, mannitol, sucrose, glucose, galactose, matose, melezitose & turanose.
Negative results for oxidase, acetoin production, hydrolysis of aesculin, coagulase,
clumping factor, heat-stable nuclease, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
beta-galactosidase, ornithine decarboxylase, acid production from: arabinose, cellobiose, ribose, mannose, raffinose, xylose & xylitol.
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