Staphylococcus argenteus

Staphylococcus argenteus^[1] are gram-positive cocci from the genus Staphylococcus which have been isolated from blood culture of a 55-year-old Indigenous Australian female in 2006 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.^[2][3][1] The species is close related to S. aureus and the differentiation is challenging.^[4] While it is hard to differentiate between S. aureus and S. argenteus, it can be done via multilocus sequence typing (MSLT)^[5]. S. argenteus can cause infections in the blood stream, skin/soft tissue, bones and joints.^[6] The species has also been identified in cases of food poisoning. ^[6] Staphylococcus argenteus is cytotoxic to human cells due to high expression of alpha-hemolysin.^[7]

Staphylococcus argenteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Staphylococcus
Species:	S. argenteus
Binomial name
Staphylococcus argenteus Tong et al. 2015[1]