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Abstract
A new subspecies, Staphylococcus capitis subsp. ureolyticus, was isolated from human skin and is described on the basis of studies of 15 to 26 strains. DNA-DNA reassociation reactions demonstrated that these strains were closely related to Staphylococcus capitis but were significantly divergent. The strains of S. capitis subsp. ureolyticus can be distinguished from S. capitis by their positive urease activity, their ability to produce acid from maltose under aerobic conditions, their fatty acid profile, and their colony morphology. The type strain of the new subspecies is strain ATCC 49326.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1995030 DOI: 10.1099/00207713-41-1-144
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Syst Bacteriol ISSN: 0020-7713