Staphylococcus gallinarum
Species of bacterium
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Staphylococcus gallinarum is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single, paired, and clustered cocci. Strains of this species were first isolated from chickens and a pheasant. The cells contain cell walls with chemical similarity to those of Staphylococcus epidermidis.[1] Since its initial discovery, S. gallinarum has also been found in the saliva of healthy human adults.[2]
| Staphylococcus gallinarum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Staphylococcaceae |
| Genus: | Staphylococcus |
| Species: | S. gallinarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Staphylococcus gallinarum Devriese et al. 1983 | |
Staphylococcus gallinarum is not generally pathogenic, though it has been isolated from infected wounds of hospital patients,[3] from blood of a patient with a chronic hepatitis B infection,[4] and from an eye infection (endophthalmitis).[5] The infection rate and morbidity of S. gallinarum is comparatively low and its effects on humans are limited.[6]
