| Cross Index | Staphylococcus |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gram Positive Cocci |
| Compare | aerobes: Deinobacter grandis Deinococcus,
Marinococcus, Micrococcus,
Planococcus , Salinicoccus roseus facultative anaerobes: Aerococcus viridans, Enterococcus, Gemella haemolysans, Lactococcus Leuconostoc, Melissococcus pluton, Pediococcus, Saccharococcus thermophilus, Staphylococcus, Stomatococcus mucilaginsos, Streptococcus, Trichococcus flocculiformis, Vagococcus anaerobes Coprococcus, Peptococcus niger , Peptostreptococcus, Ruminococcus, Sarcina Catalase positive:Deinococcus, Micrococcus, Planococcus, Staphylococcus,, Stomatococcus mucilaginsosus |
| Contrast | Micrococcaceae are not a coherent group. Micrococcus is closely related to Arthrobacter , Planococcus is related to Bacilluss, while the radioresistant cocci called Deinococcus have atypical Gram positive cell walls |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Staphylococcus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-positive |
| Morphology | that form grape like clusters or pairs of cocci |
| Motility | non motile |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Staphylococcus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | facultative anaerobes |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | .Thee major menaquinones areMK-6-MK-8 |
| Enzymes | CATALASE POSITIVE, HAVE CYTOCHROMES a, B & c |
| Unique features | Teichoic acids are found in the cell wall. L-lysine is the diamino acid in the peptidoglycan which also frequently contains glycine. Staphylococci are sensitive to lysostaphin and resistent to lysozyme. Those species that have alanine or serine instead of glycine bridges are more resistent to lysostaphin... Staphylococcus contains cytochromes and thus will be benzidine positive which distinguishes it from Streptococcus. Staphylococcus can be distinguished from the obligately aerobic Micrococcus and Planococcus. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Natural populations are mainly associated with skin, skin glands and mucous membranes of warm blooded animals |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity | Some species are opportunistic pathogens of humans and/or other animals |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Staphylococcus |
| G+C Mol % | 30-39 |
| Reference | Staphylococcus |
| First citation | Rosenbach,F.J.(1884) Micro-organismen bei den Wund-Infections-Krankheiten des Menschen. J.F. Bergmann, Weisbaden, pp 1-122 |
| The Prokaryotes | P |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1013 W. E. Kloos and K. H. Schleifer |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 532 |
| References |