Staphylococcus cohnii Schleifer & Kloos, 1975
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- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
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- SPECIES
Classification
- genus
- Staphylococcus
- species
- Staphylococcus cohnii
Abstract
Staphylococcus cohnii is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. The species commonly lives on human skin; clinical isolates have shown high levels of antibiotic resistance. A strain of S. cohnii was found to contain a mobile genetic element very similar to the staphylococcal cassette chromosome encoding methicillin resistance element seen in Staphylococcus aureus.