Staphylococcus simiae is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. This species was originally isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of South American squirrel monkeys, Saimiri sciureus, and found to be genetically similar to S. aureus, but more biochemically similar to S. piscifermentans.[1] A draft genome of S. simiae [2] was sequenced.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Caryophanales |
| Family: | Staphylococcaceae |
| Genus: | Staphylococcus |
| Species: | S. simiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Staphylococcus simiae Pantůček et al. 2005
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References
edit- ^ Pantůcek, R; Sedlácek, I; Petrás, P; Koukalová, D; Svec, P; Stetina, V; Vancanneyt, M; Chrastinová, L; Vokurková, J; Růzicková, V; Doskar, J; Swings, J; Hájek, V (September 2005). "Staphylococcus simiae sp. nov., isolated from South American squirrel monkeys". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 5): 1953–8. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63590-0. PMID 16166694.
- ^ Suzuki, H; Lefébure, T; Bitar, PP; Stanhope, MJ (2012). "Comparative genomic analysis of the genus Staphylococcus including Staphylococcus aureus and its newly described sister species Staphylococcus simiae". BMC Genomics. 13: 38. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-38. PMC 3317825. PMID 22272658.
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