Staphylococcus caledonicus sp. nov. and Staphylococcus canis sp. nov. isolated from healthy domestic dogs

Logan Newstead, Jennifer Harris, Sarah Goodbrand, Katarina Varjonen, Tim Nuttall, Gavin Paterson

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Two strains, H8/1T and H16/1AT, of Gram-stain-positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci were isolated from separate healthy domestic dogs in Scotland. Both strains were genome sequenced and their inferred DNA-DNA hybridisation indicates that H8/1T and H16/1AT represent two novel Staphylococcus species. Based on genome sequence analysis (genome BLAST distance phylogeny and single nucleotide polymorphism analysis) H8/1T is most closely related to Staphylococcus devriesei and H16/1AT most closely related to Staphylococcus felis. Also, average nucleotide identity distinguishes H8/1T and H16/1AT from S. devriesei and S. felis as did minor phenotypic differences. Based on these results, it is proposed that H8/1T and H16/1AT are novel species with the respective names Staphylococcus caledonicus and Staphylococcus canis. The type strain of S. caledonicus is H8/1T (=NCTC 14452T=CCUG 74789T). The type strain of S. canis is H16/1AT (=NCTC 14451T=CCUG 74790T)
Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume71
Issue number7
Early online date23 Jul 2021
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Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 23 Jul 2021

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