Mammaliicoccus sciuri

Mammaliicoccus sciuri, previously Staphylococcus sciuri, is a Gram-positive, oxidase-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Mammaliicoccus consisting of clustered cocci. The type subspecies M. sciuri subsp. sciuri was originally known as Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. sciuri and used to categorize 35 strains shown to use cellobiose, galactose, sucrose, and glycerol.[1]

Mammaliicoccus sciuri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Mammaliicoccus
Species:
M. sciuri
Binomial name
Mammaliicoccus sciuri
Madhaiyan et al. 2020

In 2020, Madhaiyan et al. renamed the genus for M. sciuri from Staphylococcus to Mammaliicoccus.[2]

References

Further reading

Nemeghaire, Stéphanie; Argudín, M. Ángeles; Feßler, Andrea T.; Hauschild, Tomasz; Schwarz, Stefan; Butaye, Patrick (16 July 2014). "The ecological importance of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group as a reservoir for resistance and virulence genes". Veterinary Microbiology. 171 (3–4): 342–356. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.005. PMID 24629775.


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