Staphylococcus hominis subsp. hominis CAU 1472

Kang, Heeyoung, Kim, Haneul, Bae, Jin-Woo, Lee, Soon Dong, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Yi, Hana, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Chi Nam Seong and Kiseong, 2019, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea within the classes Bacilli and Deinococci isolated from various sources, Journal of Species Research 8 (2), pp. 176-190 : 186

Description of Staphylococcus hominis subsp. hominis CAU 1472

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, smooth, opaque, and cream colored after incubation for two days on BHI at 37℃. Oxidase activity is negative. Aesculin is not hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase and urease is positive. Enzyme activity for gelatinase and β -galactosidase is negative. D-Glucose is assimilated. L-Arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid is not assimilated. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced and glucose is not fermented. Strain CAU 1472 (= NIBRBAC000501236) was isolated from urine, Seoul, Republic of Korea (37°33 ʹ 13.1 ʺ N 127°09 ʹ 28.0 ʺ E) .