Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Contents

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	1 Classification 
	1.1 Higher order taxa
	1.2 Species
	2 Description and significance
	3 Genome and genetics
	4 Nutrition and metabolism
	5 Ecology / Pathology
	6 Current Research
	7 References

Classification

Higher order taxa Domain: Bacteria; Phylum: Firmicutes; Class: Bacilli; Order: Bacillales; Family: Staphylococcaceae; Genus: Staphylococcus

Species NCBI: Taxonomy

Staphylococcus Lugdunensis

Description and significance

Staphycoccus lugdunensis is deviated from the Latin translation of “Lyon,” which is the French city where the bacteria was first isolated3. Freney, Brun, Bes, Meugnier, Grimont, Grimont, Nervi, Fleurette isolated S. lugdunensis in 19882. S. lugdunensis may appear cream to golden, glistening and smooth, growing in pairs, clusters, or chains, but may also grow in individual colonies3. The cell is gram-positive, non-motile, and generally grows between .8 to 1.0 micrometers3. S. lugdunensis cells contain several surface proteins including protein C (IsdC), which aids in the formation of biofilms specifically in an iron depleted environment3. Cells also express other iron binding proteins (IsdJ and IsdK) and other receptors and transporters involved with the accumulation of iron1. This bacteria is known to primarily produce D-lactate2.

Existing MicrobWiki Genus page: Staphylococcus.

References 1. Haley KP. The role of the staphylococcus lugdunensis Isd system in iron acquisition and biofilm formation. Nashville (TN): Vanderbilt; 2014. 10 p. (4) 2. NCBI taxonomy browser. Staphylococcus lugdunensis [Internet]. Bethesda, MD: Naational Ceneter for Biotecnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine [cited 2017 Feb 11]. Available from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=28035&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock&mod=1&log_op=modifier_toggle#modif (1) 3. Speziale P, Pietrocola G, Foster TJ and Geoghegan JA. Protein-based biofilm matrices in Staphylococci. 2014; 4:171. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00171 (3) 4. Staphylococcus lugduninsis. In Vos PD, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainer FA, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB, editors. Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology. New Your (NY): Springer; 2009. 411 p. (2)

Authored by [KAM Estes], a student of CJ Funk at John Brown University