Staphylococcus saprophyticus
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a Gram-positive coccus belonging to the genus Staphylococcus.[1] S. saprophyticus is a common cause of community-acquired urinary tract infections.[2][3]
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus | |
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S. saprophyticus on Mueller–Hinton agar exhibiting resistance to novobiocin characteristic for species identification | |
Gram stain of a Gram positive S. saprophyticus sample suspension, lab cultured on Tryptic Soy agar (TSA) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Staphylococcaceae |
Genus: | Staphylococcus |
Species: | S. saprophyticus |
Binomial name | |
Staphylococcus saprophyticus (Fairbrother 1940) Shaw et al. 1951 | |
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