Staphylococcus microti

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Staphylococcus

| species = microti

| authority = Nováková et al. 2010

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Staphylococcus microti is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. This species was originally isolated from viscera of the common vole, Microtus arvalis.{{cite journal|last=Nováková|first=D|author2=Pantůcek, R |author3=Hubálek, Z |author4=Falsen, E |author5=Busse, HJ |author6=Schumann, P |author7=Sedlácek, I |title=Staphylococcus microti sp. nov., isolated from the common vole (Microtus arvalis).|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=March 2010|volume=60|issue=Pt 3|pages=566–73|pmid=19654347|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.011429-0|doi-access=free}} It is genetically similar to Staphylococcus rostri.{{cite journal|last=Riesen|first=A.|author2=Perreten, V. |title=Staphylococcus rostri sp. nov., a haemolytic bacterium isolated from the noses of healthy pigs|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=9 October 2009|volume=60|issue=9|pages=2042–2047|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.012443-0|pmid=19819995|doi-access=free}}