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A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus BalboaalvarezM

Classification

Higher order taxa

Domain(Bacteria); Phylum(Firmicutes); Class(Bacilli); Order(Bacillales); Family(Staphylococcaceae); Genus(Staphylococcus)

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Species: Staphylococcus schleiferi

Subspecies: Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. coagulans; Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. schleiferi

Description and significance

Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.

The first description of the species Staphylococcus schleiferi was first done in April 1998. Contrarily the subspecies Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. coagulans and Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. schleiferi have been identified very recently.

Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. coagulans is coagulase positive but instead Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. schleiferi is coagulase positive.

Genome structure

Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?

Cell structure and metabolism

Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.

Staphylococcus schleiferi is a cocciform, catalase-positive bacteria. It presents a cocci morphology and it forms part of the 36 species that conform the Staphylococcus genus.

Ecology

Habitat; symbiosis; contributions to the environment.

Pathology

Staphylococcus schleiferi is an opportunistic pathogen How does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.

Current Research and or Application to Biotechnology

Enter summaries of the most recent research and/or application to biotechnology here--at least three required

There is research being done to scheme the differentiation between the S. schleiferi sups. coagulans from other coagulase-positive staphylococci.

References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Igimi, S., Takahashi, E., & Mitsuoka, T. (1990). Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. coagulans subsp. nov., isolated from the external auditory meatus of dogs with external ear otitis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 40, 409-411.

Kluytmans Jan, Hans Berg, and Paul Steegh. "American Society for MicrobiologyJournal of Clinical Microbiology." Outbreak of Staphylococcus Schleiferi Wound Infections: Strain Characterization by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis, PCR Ribotyping, Conventional Ribotyping, and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1998. Web. 09 May 2012. <http://jcm.asm.org/content/36/8/2214.full.pdf html>.

Edited by student of Dr. Lynn M Bedard, DePauw University http://www.depauw.edu