Staphylococcus lentus

Staphylococcus lentus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Caryophanales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Staphylococcus
Species:	S. lentus
Binomial name
	Staphylococcus lentus; (Kloos et al. 1976) Schleifer et al. 1983

Staphylococcus lentus is a Gram-positive, oxidase-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci.^[1] The species was originally classified as a subspecies; its name is a combination derived from Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. lentus.^[2]

Of all studied S. sciuri subspecies, only S. lentus has been found to use the trisaccharide raffinose.^[3]

References

^ Stepanović, Srdjan; Dakić, Ivana; Martel, An; Vaneechoutte, Mario; Morrison, Donald; Shittu, Adebayo; Ježek, Petr; Decostere, Annemie; Devriese, Luc A.; Haesebrouck, Freddy (2005). "A comparative evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods in the identification of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 28 (4): 353–357. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2005.02.001. PMID 15997708.
^ "Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB: List No. 12". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 33 (4): 896–897. 1 October 1983. doi:10.1099/00207713-33-4-896.
^ Kloos, W. E.; Ballard, D. N.; Webster, J. A.; Hubner, R. J.; Tomasz, A.; Couto, I.; Sloan, G. L.; Dehart, H. P.; Fiedler, F.; Schubert, K.; de Lencastre, H.; Sanches, I. S.; Heath, H. E.; Leblanc, P. A.; Ljungh, A. (1 April 1997). "Ribotype Delineation and Description of Staphylococcus sciuri Subspecies and Their Potential as Reservoirs of Methicillin Resistance and Staphylolytic Enzyme Genes". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 313–323. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-313. PMID 9103615.