Staphylococcus aureus (CIP 103314, Becker)
Staphylococcus aureus Becker is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-positive, coccus-shaped bacterium of the family Staphylococcaceae.
Gram-positive coccus-shaped facultative anaerobe BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:38:44 |
| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Bacillota |
| Class Bacilli |
| Order Caryophanales |
| Family Staphylococcaceae |
| Genus Staphylococcus |
| Species Staphylococcus aureus |
| Full scientific name Staphylococcus aureus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Synonyms (2) |
Physiology and metabolism
Oxygen tolerance
| 35530 | Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe |
Metabolite utilization
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68371 | 27613 ChEBI | amygdalin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18305 ChEBI | arbutin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17057 ChEBI | cellobiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17108 ChEBI | D-arabinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18333 ChEBI | D-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15824 ChEBI | D-fructose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28847 ChEBI | D-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 12936 ChEBI | D-galactose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62318 ChEBI | D-lyxose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16899 ChEBI | D-mannitol | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16024 ChEBI | D-mannose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17924 ChEBI | D-sorbitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16443 ChEBI | D-tagatose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65327 ChEBI | D-xylose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17113 ChEBI | erythritol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16813 ChEBI | galactitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28066 ChEBI | gentiobiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 24265 ChEBI | gluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17754 ChEBI | glycerol | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28087 ChEBI | glycogen | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 35530 | 606565 ChEBI | hippurate | + | hydrolysis | |
| 68371 | 15443 ChEBI | inulin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 30849 ChEBI | L-arabinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18403 ChEBI | L-arabitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 18287 ChEBI | L-fucose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 62345 ChEBI | L-rhamnose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17266 ChEBI | L-sorbose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 65328 ChEBI | L-xylose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17716 ChEBI | lactose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 6731 ChEBI | melezitose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28053 ChEBI | melibiose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 320061 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 43943 ChEBI | methyl alpha-D-mannoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 74863 ChEBI | methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17268 ChEBI | myo-inositol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 59640 ChEBI | N-acetylglucosamine | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 35530 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | + | reduction | |
| 35530 | 16301 ChEBI | nitrite | - | reduction | |
| 68371 | 0 ChEBI | Potassium 2-ketogluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 0 ChEBI | Potassium 5-ketogluconate | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 16634 ChEBI | raffinose | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 15963 ChEBI | ribitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17814 ChEBI | salicin | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 28017 ChEBI | starch | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17992 ChEBI | sucrose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 27082 ChEBI | trehalose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 32528 ChEBI | turanose | + | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
| 68371 | 17151 ChEBI | xylitol | - | builds acid from | from API 50CH acid |
Metabolite tests
Enzymes
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 35530 | alcohol dehydrogenase | + | 1.1.1.1 | |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | - | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | + | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 35530 | amylase | - | ||
| 35530 | beta-galactosidase | + | 3.2.1.23 | |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 35530 | caseinase | + | 3.4.21.50 | |
| 35530 | catalase | + | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 35530 | coagulase | + | ||
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 35530 | DNase | + | ||
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | + | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | + | from API zym | |
| 35530 | gamma-glutamyltransferase | - | 2.3.2.2 | |
| 35530 | gelatinase | +/- | ||
| 35530 | lecithinase | + | ||
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 35530 | lipase | + | ||
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 35530 | lysine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.18 | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | - | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | - | from API zym | |
| 35530 | ornithine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.17 | |
| 35530 | oxidase | - | ||
| 35530 | phenylalanine ammonia-lyase | - | 4.3.1.24 | |
| 35530 | protease | + | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 35530 | tween esterase | - | ||
| 35530 | urease | + | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | - | from API zym |
API zym
API 50CHac
| @ref | ControlQ | GLY | ERY | DARA | LARA | RIB | DXYL | LXYL | ADO | MDX | GAL | GLU | FRU | MNE | SBE | RHA | DUL | INO | MAN | SOR | MDM | MDG | NAG | AMY | ARB | ESC | SAL | CEL | MAL | LAC | MEL | SAC | TRE | INU | MLZ | RAF | AMD | GLYG | XLT | GEN | TUR | LYX | TAG | DFUC | LFUC | DARL | LARL | GNT | 2KG | 5KG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35530 | not determinedn.d. | + | - | - | - | +/- | - | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | + | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive136195.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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