What about Globicatella ?
Why discuss - send the strain to a reference laboratory
E.F.
CCUG:CULTURE COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF GOTEBORG, SWEDEN - (STXXXXX7.ITB) =
STAPHYLOCOCCUS DATA BASE - Search for catalase negative:
CCUG TAXON
36813 T EF GROUP 38
32999 T GLOBICATELLA SANGUIS
32251 T PEDIOCOCCUS DAMNOSUS
37246 T STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SS ANAEROBIUS
37247 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS SS ANAEROBIUS
32731 STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS
15424 A STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
20499 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
20962 T STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
23384 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
23384 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
25179 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
28566 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
29746 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
29798 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
31188 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
31189 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
35048 STOMATOCOCCUS MUCILAGINOSUS
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_ TAXON: Globicatella sanguis _
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APPROVED: VP ;NSP 45:418
AUTHORS: Collins et al. 1995
LIT.REF: J Appl Bacteriol 73:433-437,1992
TYPESTR: 1152-78,NCFB 2835,ATCC 51173
ETYMOLOGY: globus=round body,sphere;catella=small chain;sanguis=of blood
RELATED: Deep branching to Aerococcus and LAB. Genetically distinct.
HABITAT: Description based on 9 human isolates
MEDICAL: Human blood
IDENTIFY: Gram-positive catalase-negative cocci in chains
REM: 6.5%NaCl+,LAP-,Lancefield's group D antigen not present
p.s.
I did not check for other characters - the purpose was to say
that there are many new genera of Gram-positive cocci and many
different methods for identification: CFA, protein-profiling,
sequencing, ...
Some strains are markedly changed when present in the human body
for years or decades. A good example is Burkholderia cepacia.
We have a nice collection of aberrant strains of different
species.
E.F.
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