Staphylococcus rostri

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Staphylococcus

| species = rostri

| authority = Riesen and Perreten 2009

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Staphylococcus rostri is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. This species was originally isolated from the noses of healthy pigs; the name is derived from the Latin rostrum or "the snout of a swine".{{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}}

Staphylococcus rostri may serve as a source or reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes seen in Staphylococcus aureus.{{cite journal|last=Stegmann|first=Ramona|author2=Perreten, Vincent |title=Antibiotic resistance profile of Staphylococcus rostri, a new species isolated from healthy pigs|journal=Veterinary Microbiology|year=2010|volume=145|issue=1–2|pages=165–171|doi=10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.03.015|pmid=20399039}}