Staphylococcus stepanovicii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Staphylococcaceae |
Genus: | Staphylococcus |
Species: | S. stepanovicii
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Binomial name | |
Staphylococcus stepanovicii Hauschild et al. 2010
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Staphylococcus stepanovicii is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single, paired, and clustered cocci. The species is novobiocin-resistant and oxidase-positive. It was named in honor of Serbian microbiologist Srdjan Stepanović.[1]
Staphylococcus stepanovicii has been isolated from the skin of small mammals in the wild.[2]