the following information is not yet verified
Taxonomy
Family: Staphylococcacea
Formerly Peptococcus saccharolyticus other anaerobic Staphylococcus ► Staphylococcus aureus ssp anaerobius

Natural habitats
Is part of the bacterial skin flora.

Clinical significance
They have the capacity to cause disease, namely, subacute endocarditis and spondylodiscitis.

the following information is not yet verified
Gram positive cocci,

0.6-1.0 µm

lying in clusters

Obligate anaerobic

BBAØ: colonies are raised, circular, opaque and gray to white or faintly yellow on agar.

They exhibits aertolerance on subculture under aerobic 10% CO2 conditions

James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition