Staphylococcus equorum

Staphylococcus equorum is a gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. Originally isolated from the skin of healthy horses, this species contains a cell wall similar to that of Staphylococcus xylosus.^[1]

Staphylococcus equorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Staphylococcus
Species:	S. equorum
Binomial name
Staphylococcus equorum Schliefer et al. 1984

Strains of S. equorum have been isolated from sausage^[2] and strains comprising subspecies of this species have been isolated from Swiss mountain cheeses.^[3]