Staphylococcus carnosus

Staphylococcus carnosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Staphylococcus
Species: S. carnosus
Binomial name
Staphylococcus carnosus
Schliefer and Fischer 1982.

Staphylococcus cohnii is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single and paired cocci. Its genome has the highest GC content - 36.4% - of any sequenced staphylococcal species.[1]

S. carnosus was originally isolated from dry sausage and is involved in the production of meat products.[2]

References

  1. Rosenstein, R; Nerz, C; Biswas, L; Resch, A; Raddatz, G; Schuster, SC; Götz, F (February 2009). "Genome analysis of the meat starter culture bacterium Staphylococcus carnosus TM300.". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (3): 811–22. doi:10.1128/AEM.01982-08. PMC 2632126. PMID 19060169.
  2. Schliefer, K. H.; Fischer, U. (1 April 1982). "Description of a New Species of the Genus Staphylococcus: Staphylococcus carnosus". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 32 (2): 153–156. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-2-153.


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