Staphylococcus stepanovicii

Staphylococcus stepanovicii is a Gram-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of single, paired, and clustered cocci. The species is novobiocin-resistant and oxidase-positive. It was named in honor of Serbian microbiologist Srdjan Stepanović.^[1]

Staphylococcus stepanovicii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Staphylococcus
Species:	S. stepanovicii
Binomial name
Staphylococcus stepanovicii Hauschild et al. 2010

Staphylococcus stepanovicii has been isolated from the skin of small mammals in the wild.^[2]