title: Staphylococcus stepanovicii sp. nov., a novel novobiocin-resistant oxidase-positive staphylococcal species isolated from wild small mammals.
abstract: Five novobiocin-resistant and oxidase-positive staphylococcal strains were isolated from wild small mammals. Phenotypic studies and phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA, rpoB and dnaJ gene sequences revealed that these strains were members of the Staphylococcus sciuri cluster group and were similar to Staphylococcus fleurettii. DNA-DNA hybridisation with closely related staphylococcal species suggested that the strains represented a novel species. The name Staphylococcus stepanovicii is proposed, and the type strain is 196(T) (=PCM 2693(T) =CCM 7717(T)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, Swierkowa 20 B, 15-950 Bialystok, Poland. thausch@uwb.edu.pl <thausch@uwb.edu.pl>
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hauschild
authors.forename: Srdjan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stepanović
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zakrzewska-Czerwińska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008322:Mammals / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009675:Novobiocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D009675:Novobiocin; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit