Staphylococcus saccharolyticus

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- 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.
Gram stain
- Gram positive cocci,
  
  0.6-1.0 µm
  
  lying in clusters
Culture characteristics
- 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
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition