Staphylococcus saccharolyticus is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative, anaerobic member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single and clustered cocci. The species was formerly known as Peptococcus saccharolyticus, but was reclassified on the basis of 16S ribosomal RNA and biochemical similarity to other members of Staphylococcus.[1]
| Staphylococcus saccharolyticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Staphylococcaceae |
| Genus: | Staphylococcus |
| Species: | S. saccharolyticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Staphylococcus saccharolyticus Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1981
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Pathogenicity edit
Staphylococcus saccharolyticus may be a cause of infective endocarditis.[2] This species is also known to contaminate samples of platelets taken from humans, though these contaminated samples generally do not cause S. saccharolyticus infections during transfusion.[3]
References edit
- ^ Kilpper-Bälz, R.; Schleifer, K.H. (Dec 1981). "Transfer of Peptococcus saccharolyticus Foubert and Douglas to the genus Staphylococcus: Staphylococcus saccharolyticus (Foubert and Douglas) comb. nov". Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Mikrobiologie und Hygiene: I. Abt. Originale C: Allgemeine, angewandte und ökologische Mikrobiologie. 2 (4): 324–331.
- ^ Westblom, TU; Gorse, GJ; Milligan, TW; Schindzielorz, AH (December 1990). "Anaerobic endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus saccharolyticus". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 28 (12): 2818–9. PMC 268284. PMID 2280017.
- ^ Ali, H, Rood, IG, e Korte, D, Ramírez-Arcos, S, Strict anaerobic Staphylococcus saccharolyticus isolates recovered from contaminated platelet concentrates fail to multiply during platelet storage. Transfusion April 2012, 52:4:916–7, 22490274, 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03510.x
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