Biology:Staphylococcus carnosus

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Short description: Species of bacterium

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

Staphylococcus carnosus 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]

Staphylococcus 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. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7600400 entry