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Novel staphylococcal species that form part of a Staphylococcus aureus-related complex: the non-pigmented Staphylococcus argenteus sp. nov. and the non-human primate-associated Staphylococcus schweitzeri sp. nov.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2015
Tong Steven Y C, Schaumburg Frieder, Ellington Matthew J, Corander Jukka, Pichon Bruno, Leendertz Fabian, Bentley Stephen D, Parkhill Julian, Holt Deborah C, Peters Georg, Giffard Philip M
Abstract excerpt
We define two novel species of the genus Staphylococcus that are phenotypically similar to and have near identical 16S rRNA gene sequences to Staphylococcus aureus. However, compared to S. aureus and each other, the two species, Staphylococcus argenteus sp. nov. (type strain MSHR1132(T) = DSM 28299(T) = SSI 89.005(T)) and Staphylococcus schweitzeri sp. nov. (type strain FSA084(T) = DSM 28300(T) = SSI 89.004(T)),...
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