Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus saprophyticus
"S. saprophyticus" on Mueller–Hinton agar exhibiting resistance to novobiocin characteristic for species identification
S. saprophyticus on Mueller–Hinton agar exhibiting resistance to novobiocin characteristic for species identification
Gram stain of a Gram positive S. saprophyticus sample suspension, lab cultured on Tryptic Soy agar (TSA)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Staphylococcus
Species:
S. saprophyticus
Binomial name
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
(Fairbrother 1940) Shaw et al. 1951

Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a Gram-positive coccus belonging to the genus Staphylococcus.[1] S. saprophyticus is a common cause of community-acquired urinary tract infections.[2][3]

  1. ^ Schleifer, K. H.; Kloos, W. E. (1975). "Isolation and characterization of Staphylococci from human skin I. Amended descriptions of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus and descriptions of three new species: Staphylococcus cohnii, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, and Staphylococcus xylosus". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 25 (1): 50–61. doi:10.1099/00207713-25-1-50. ISSN 0020-7713.
  2. ^ Kuroda, M.; Yamashita, A.; Hirakawa, H.; Kumano, M.; et al. (September 2005). "Whole genome sequence of Staphylococcus saprophyticus reveals the pathogenesis of uncomplicated urinary tract infection". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102 (37): 13272–7. Bibcode:2005PNAS..10213272K. doi:10.1073/pnas.0502950102. PMC 1201578. PMID 16135568.
  3. ^ Levinson, W. (2010). Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (11th ed.). pp. 94–9.

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