Staphylococcus cohnii (DSM 20261, ATCC 29973, AW 81)

Name: Staphylococcus cohnii (DSM 20261, ATCC 29973, AW 81)
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BacDive ID 14519

Type strain

Strain Designation AW 81

Culture col. no. DSM 20261 ATCC 29973 AW 81

NCBI tax ID(s) 29382

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- K.H. Schleifer <- W.E. Kloos, AW 81

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Staphylococcus cohnii AW 81 is a bacterium that was isolated from human skin.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 45884

ATCC 29973,DSM 20261,BCRC 15223,CCRC 15223

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:21:26

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Staphylococcaceae

Genus Staphylococcus

Species Staphylococcus cohnii

Full scientific name Staphylococcus cohnii Schleifer and Kloos 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Staphylococcus cohnii** (16)	Type strain
14518	S. cohnii GH 137, GH137, DSM 20260, ATCC 29974, CCM ... (type strain)
14520	S. cohnii DM 58, DSM 20262, ATCC 29972, CCUG 35145
14612	S. cohnii ES2-13a1, DSM 30608
14613	S. cohnii K2-1, DSM 30902
130700	S. cohnii G18, DSM 31026
148258	S. cohnii CCUG 35116
153102	S. cohnii CCUG 48496
153115	S. cohnii CCUG 48522
153893	S. cohnii CCUG 51542
153962	S. cohnii CCUG 51778
155162	S. cohnii CCUG 56667
156192	S. cohnii CCUG 60671
156877	S. cohnii CCUG 66263
157960	S. cohnii H62, DSM 103510
159345	S. cohnii McC-251-APC-3A2, DSM 107449
172319	S. cohnii CIMB145, CIMB 04-2594, CRBIP17.145

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
8670	CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CORYNEBACTERIUM AGAR (DSMZ Medium 53) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 10.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
8670	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Murein

@ref	Murein short key	Type
8670	A11.02	A3alpha L-Lys-Gly_5-6

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Skin, Nail, Hair

Isolation

8670

Sample typehuman skin

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
8670	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii strain DSM 20261 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY688046	464		74704
20218	S.cohnii gene for 16S ribosomal RNA	Z26893	771		29382

GC content

8670

GC-content (mol%)36.5

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Siamese Networks for Clinically Relevant Bacteria Classification Based on Raman Spectroscopy.	Contreras J, Mostafapour S, Popp J, Bocklitz T.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules29051061	2024
Metabolism	Intracellular mannitol, a product of glucose metabolism in staphylococci.	Edwards KG, Blumenthal HJ, Khan M, Slodki ME.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.146.3.1020-1029.1981	1981

References

#8670	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 20261
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Staphylococcus cohnii (DSM 20261, ATCC 29973, AW 81)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Murein

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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