Staphylococcus piscifermentans

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Staphylococcus piscifermentans
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: "Firmicutes"
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Staphylococcus
Species:
S. piscifermentans
Binomial name
Staphylococcus piscifermentans
Tanasupawat et al. 1992

Staphylococcus piscifermentans is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. This species was originally isolated from fermented fish in Thailand. [1] A later study found a strain of S. piscifermentans in dog feces. [2] The species is used in the preparation of fermented foods along with Staphylococcus carnosus ; both species reduce nitrate and produce ammonia. [3]

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References

  1. Tanasupawat, S.; Hashimoto, Y.; Ezaki, T.; Kozaki, M.; Komagata, K. (1 October 1992). "Staphylococcus piscifermentans sp. nov., from Fermented Fish in Thailand". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 42 (4): 577–581. doi: 10.1099/00207713-42-4-577 . PMID   1390108.
  2. Stetina, V; Lauková, A; Strompfová, V; Svec, P; Sedlácek, I (2005). "Identification of Staphylococcus piscifermentans from dog feces". Folia Microbiologica. 50 (6): 524–8. doi:10.1007/bf02931442. PMID   16681152. S2CID   30430236.
  3. Hartmann, Susanne; Wolf, Gudrun; Hammes, Walter P. (1 January 1995). "Reduction of Nitrite by Staphylococcus carnosus and Staphylococcus piscifermen tans". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 18 (3): 323–328. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80422-4.