Mammaliicoccus sciuri

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Mammaliicoccus sciuri
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Mammaliicoccus
Species:
M. sciuri
Binomial name
Mammaliicoccus sciuri
Madhaiyan et al. 2020

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] M. sciuri species have been found to carry genes that can be transmitted to other bacteria, increasing their pathogenicity. [2] M. sciuri has been found in a wide range of environments, including domestic and wild animals, humans, and plants. [3]

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The mecA gene was orignially found in M. sciuri. An undefined function in this gene can be recruited for antibiotic resistance under certain conditions of drug selection. [4]

In 2020, Madhaiyan et al. renamed the genus for M. sciuri from Staphylococcus to Mammaliicoccus. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Kloos, W. E.; Schliefer, K. H.; Smith R. F. (1 January 1976). "Characterization of Staphylococcus sciuri sp.nov. and its Subspecies". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 26 (1): 22–37. doi: 10.1099/00207713-26-1-22 .
  2. ↑ Nemeghaire, Stéphanie; Argudín, M. Angeles; Feßler, Andrea T.; Hauschild, Tomasz; Schwarz, Stefan; Butaye, Patrick (2014-07-16). "The ecological importance of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group as a reservoir for resistance and virulence genes". Veterinary Microbiology. Special Issue: ARAE 2013, Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria from Animals and the Environment. 171 (3): 342–356. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.005. ISSN   0378-1135.
  3. ↑ Nemeghaire, Stéphanie; Argudín, M. Angeles; Feßler, Andrea T.; Hauschild, Tomasz; Schwarz, Stefan; Butaye, Patrick (2014-07-16). "The ecological importance of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group as a reservoir for resistance and virulence genes". Veterinary Microbiology. Special Issue: ARAE 2013, Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria from Animals and the Environment. 171 (3): 342–356. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.005. ISSN   0378-1135.
  4. ↑ Wu, Shang Wei; de Lencastre, Herminia; Tomasz, Alexander (2001-04-15). "Recruitment of the mecA Gene Homologue ofStaphylococcus sciuri into a Resistance Determinant and Expression of the Resistant Phenotype inStaphylococcus aureus". Journal of Bacteriology. 183 (8): 2417–2424. doi:10.1128/jb.183.8.2417-2424.2001.
  5. ↑ Madhaiyan, M.; Wirth, J. S.; Saravanan V. S. (14 October 2020). "Phylogenomic analyses of the Staphylococcaceae family suggest the reclassification of five species within the genus Staphylococcus as heterotypic synonyms, the promotion of five subspecies to novel species, the taxonomic reassignment of five Staphylococcus species to Mammaliicoccus gen. nov., and the formal assignment of Nosocomiicoccus to the family Staphylococcaceae". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 70 (11): 5926–5936. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004498 . PMID   33052802.

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. hdl: 10651/42558 . PMID   24629775.


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