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

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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.