Staphylococcus cohnii explained

Staphylococcus cohnii is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. The species commonly lives on human skin; clinical isolates have shown high levels of antibiotic resistance.^[1] A strain of S. cohnii was found to contain a mobile genetic element very similar to the staphylococcal cassette chromosome encoding methicillin resistance element seen in Staphylococcus aureus.^[2]

Further reading

Hu. XinJun. Li. Ang. Lv. LongXian. Yuan. Chunhui. Guo. Lihua. Jiang. Xiawei. Jiang. Haiyin. Qian. GuiRong. Zheng. Beiwen. Guo. Jing. Li. LanJuan. High quality draft genome sequence of Staphylococcus cohnii subsp cohnii strain hu-01. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9. 3. 755–762. 10.4056/sigs.5429581. 25197460. 4149010. 2014.

External links

• Type strain of Staphylococcus cohnii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Garza-Gonz Lez. E. Morfin-Otero, R . Mart Nez-V . Zquez, MA . Gonzalez-Diaz, E . Gonz Lez-Santiago, O . Rodr Guez-Noriega, E. Microbiological and molecular characterization of human clinical isolates of Staphylococcus cohnii, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus sciuri.. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. December 2011. 43. 11–12. 930–6. 21851333. 10.3109/00365548.2011.598873. 26219248.
2. Zong. Zhiyong . Lü, Xiaoju . DeLeo, Frank R.. Characterization of a New SCCmec Element in Staphylococcus cohnii. PLOS ONE. 17 November 2010. 5. 11. e14016. 10.1371/journal.pone.0014016. 21103346 . 2984492 . 2010PLoSO...514016Z . free .