(c) Costin Stoica
Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Staphylococcaceae, Genus Abyssicoccus, Abyssicoccus albus Jiang et al.
2016, type species of the genus.
Gram-positive cocci, non-motile, nonspore-forming.
Colonies are smooth and white. Grows in 0-10% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2-3%), pH
6.0-10.0 (optimum, pH 8.0) and at temperature 5-40 ºC (optimum at 28 ºC). Aerobic.
Isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from the Indian Ocean.
Undetermined.
- Jiang, Z., Yuan, C.-G., Xiao, M., Tian, X.-P., Khan, I.-U., Kim, C.-J., Zhi, X.-Y. and Li, W.-J. 2016. Abyssicoccus albus gen. nov., sp.
nov., a novel member of the family Staphylococcaceae isolated from marine sediment of the indian ocean. Int. J. Syst. Evol.
Microbiol., 66.
Biochemical characters
Positive results for acid phosphatase, catalase, leucine arylamidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase,oxidase, and
valine arylamidase.
Can utilize (Gen III Systema-D-glucose, pectin, glycyl-L-proline,
D-galacturonic acid, D-fructose, D-arabitol, L-galactonic acid lactone, alpha-hydroxy-butyric acid, D-trehalose, L-lactic acid, glycerol, N-
acetyl-Dglucosamine, D-fucose, D-glucose-6-phosphate, L-glutamic acid, acetoacetic acid, sucrose, D-fructose-6-phosphate, L-
pyroglutamic acid, acetic acid, L-serine, 1% sodium lactate, sodium butyrate, and potassium tellurite
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), lipase (C14), cystine arylamidase, beta-fucosidase,
alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl beta-glucosaminidase, alpha-
mannosidase, milk peptonization and H2S production, melanin production, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin.
No utilization of D-raffinose, D-sorbitol, gelatin, p-hydroxy-phenylacetic acid, dextrin, alpha-D-lactose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, methyl
pyruvate, gama-amino-butryric acid, D-maltose, D-melibiose, L-alanine, D-lactic acid methyl ester, beta-methyl-D-glucoside, D-
galactose, myo-inositol, L-arginine, D-gluconic acid, beta-hydroxy-D,L-butyric acid, D-cellobiose, D-salicin, 3-methyl glucose, L-aspartic
acid, D-glucuronic, citric acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid, gentiobiose, glucuronamide, alpha-keto-glutaric acid, N-acetyl-beta-D-
mannosamine, L-fucose, L-histidine, mucic acid, D-malic acid, propionic acid, D-turanose, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, L-rhamnose,
D-aspartic acid, quinic acid, L-malic acid, stachyose, N-acetyl neuraminic acid, inosine, D-saccharic acid, bromo-succinic acid, and
formic acid.
