Staphylococcus auricularis
{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Staphylococcus auricularis
| domain = Bacteria
| phylum = Bacillota
| classis = Bacilli
| ordo = Caryophanales
| familia = Staphylococcaceae
| genus = Staphylococcus
| species = S. auricularis
| binomial = Staphylococcus auricularis
| binomial_authority = Kloos and Schliefer 1983
}}
Staphylococcus auricularis is a Gram-positive member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of pairs or tetrads of cocci. This species was originally isolated from the exterior of a human ear and is weakly hemolytic.{{cite journal|last=Kloos|first=W. E.|author2=Schleifer, K. H. |title=Staphylococcus auricularis sp. nov.: an Inhabitant of the Human External Ear|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|date=1 January 1983|volume=33|issue=1|pages=9–14|doi=10.1099/00207713-33-1-9|doi-access=free}} Because it commonly exists on human skin, it may be able to cause opportunistic infections or sepsis,{{cite journal|last=Hoffman|first=DJ |author2=Brown, GD |author3=Lombardo, FA|title=Early-onset sepsis with Staphylococcus auricularis in an extremely low-birth weight infant - an uncommon pathogen.|journal=Journal of Perinatology|date=August 2007|volume=27|issue=8|pages=519–20|pmid=17653219|doi=10.1038/sj.jp.7211773|doi-access=}} although this is very rare.
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External links
- [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=14503&submit=Search Type strain of Staphylococcus auricularis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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Category:Bacteria described in 1983
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