:Staphylococcus simulans

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Staphylococcus

| species = simulans

| authority = Kloos et al. 1975

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Staphylococcus simulans is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single, paired, and clustered cocci.{{cite journal|last1=Kloos|first1=W. E.|last2=Schleifer|first2=K. H.|title=Isolation and Characterization of Staphylococci from Human Skin II. Descriptions of Four New Species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=25|issue=1|year=1975|pages=62–79|issn=0020-7713|doi=10.1099/00207713-25-1-62|doi-access=free}}