- Source: Staphylococcus lentus
Staphylococcus lentus is a Gram-positive, oxidase-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. The species was originally classified as a subspecies; its name is a combination derived from Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. lentus.
Of all studied S. sciuri subspecies, only S. lentus has been found to use the trisaccharide raffinose.
References
Further reading
Nam, Young-Do; Chung, Won-Hyong; Seo, Myung-Ji; Lim, Seong-Il; Yi, Sung-Hun (November 2012). "Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus lentus F1142, a Strain Isolated from Korean Soybean Paste". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (21): 5987. doi:10.1128/JB.01484-12. PMC 3486103. PMID 23045498.
External links
Type strain of Staphylococcus lentus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
