Staphylococcus piscifermentans

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Staphylococcus

| species = piscifermentans

| authority = Tanasupawat et al. 1992

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Staphylococcus piscifermentans is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. This species was originally isolated from fermented fish in Thailand.{{cite journal|last=Tanasupawat|first=S.|author2=Hashimoto, Y. |author3=Ezaki, T. |author4=Kozaki, M. |author5=Komagata, K. |title=Staphylococcus piscifermentans sp. nov., from Fermented Fish in Thailand|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|date=1 October 1992|volume=42|issue=4|pages=577–581|doi=10.1099/00207713-42-4-577 |pmid=1390108|doi-access=free}} A later study found a strain of S. piscifermentans in dog feces.{{cite journal|last=Stetina|first=V|author2=Lauková, A |author3=Strompfová, V |author4=Svec, P |author5=Sedlácek, I |title=Identification of Staphylococcus piscifermentans from dog feces.|journal=Folia Microbiologica|year=2005|volume=50|issue=6|pages=524–8|pmid=16681152|doi=10.1007/bf02931442|s2cid=30430236}} The species is used in the preparation of fermented foods along with Staphylococcus carnosus; both species reduce nitrate and produce ammonia.{{cite journal|last=Hartmann|first=Susanne |author2=Wolf, Gudrun |author3=Hammes, Walter P.|title=Reduction of Nitrite by Staphylococcus carnosus and Staphylococcus piscifermen tans|journal=Systematic and Applied Microbiology|date=1 January 1995|volume=18|issue=3|pages=323–328|doi=10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80422-4}}