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Staphylococcus agnetis

Staphylococcus agnetis is a Gram positive, coagulase-variable member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus. Strains of this species were originally isolated from the milk and teats of cows with mastitis. This species is not known to infect humans.

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Staphylococcus agnetis
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Staphylococcus
Species:
S. agnetis
Binomial name
Staphylococcus agnetis
Taponen et al. 20121

Staphylococcus agnetis is a Gram positive, coagulase-variable member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus. Strains of this species were originally isolated from the milk and teats of cows with mastitis.1 This species is not known to infect humans.2

The genome of S. agnetis isolate CBMRN 20813338 has been sequenced and was found to be 2.4 megabases long with a GC content of 35.79%.3

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  1. Taponen, S.; Supre, K.; Piessens, V.; Van Coillie, E.; De Vliegher, S.; Koort, J. M. K. (18 February 2011). "Staphylococcus agnetis sp. nov., a coagulase-variable species from bovine subclinical and mild clinical mastitis". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (1): 61–65. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.028365-0. PMID 21335502.
  2. Savini, Vincenzo; Passeri, Cecilia; Mancini, Giorgia; Iuliani, Ornella; Marrollo, Roberta; Argentieri, Angela Valentina; Fazii, Paolo; D'Antonio, Domenico; Carretto, Edoardo (June 2013). "Coagulase-positive staphylococci: my pet's two faces". Research in Microbiology. 164 (5): 371–374. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2013.02.004. PMID 23481095.
  3. Calcutt, M. J.; Foecking, M. F.; Fry, P. R.; Hsieh, H.-Y.; Perry, J.; Stewart, G. C.; Scholl, D. T.; Messier, S.; Middleton, J. R. (4 September 2014). "Draft Genome Sequence of Bovine Mastitis Isolate Staphylococcus agnetis CBMRN 20813338". Genome Announcements. 2 (5): e00883-14–e00883-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00883-14. PMC 4155595. PMID 25189590.
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