Staphylococcus pettenkoferi

Taxobox
name = "Staphylococcus pettenkoferi"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Firmicutes
classis = Bacilli
ordo = Bacillales
familia = Staphylococcaceae
genus = Staphylococcus
species = "Staphylococcus pettenkoferi"

"Staphylococcus pettenkoferi" (honouring Max von Pettenkofer, 1818–1901, German pioneer in the field of hygiene and public health) was described in 2007 and is a member of the bacterial genus "Staphylococcus", consisting of spherical, Gram-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming, facultative anaerobic bacteria. It is coagulase-negative and is probably a commensal organism on the skin of humans. Like other coagulase-negative staphylococci, "S. pettenkoferi" only rarely causes disease, but may occasionally cause infection in patients whose immune system is compromised. Colonies are 1-2 mm in diameter, sometimes showing yellow pigmentation when grown at ambient temperature. Most "S. pettenkoferi" strains have been isolated from the skin or from blood cultures of patients in Germany and Belgium. Recently "S. pettenkoferi" was identified as the cause of osteomyelitis in a diabetic foot infection in France.

References

* Trülzsch K, Grabein B, Schumann P, Mellmann A, Antonenka U, Heesemann J, Becker K. "Staphylococcus pettenkoferi" sp. nov., a novel coagulase-negative staphylococcal species isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2007;57:1543-8.
* Loïez C, Wallet F, Pischedda P, Renaux E, Senneville E, Mehdi N, Courcol RJ. First case of osteomyelitis caused by "Staphylococcus pettenkoferi". J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45:1069-71