''Staphylococcus piscifermentans'' is a

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coagulase Coagulase is a protein enzyme produced by several microorganisms that enables the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin. In the laboratory, it is used to distinguish between different types of ''Staphylococcus'' isolates. Importantly, '' S. aureus' ...

-negative member of the

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l genus''

Staphylococcus ''Staphylococcus'', from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (''staphulḗ''), meaning "bunch of grapes", and (''kókkos''), meaning "kernel" or " Kermes", is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Staphylococcaceae from the order Bacillale ...

'' consisting of clustered

cocci Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archaea ...

. This species was originally isolated from fermented fish in

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. A later study found a strain of ''S. piscifermentans'' in dog feces. The species is used in the preparation of fermented foods along with ''

Staphylococcus carnosus ''Staphylococcus carnosus'' is a bacterium from the genus ''Staphylococcus'' that is both Gram-positive and coagulase-negative. It was originally identified in dry sausage and is an important starter culture for meat fermentation. Unlike other m ...

''; both species reduce

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and produce

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UniProt taxonomyType strain of ''Staphylococcus piscifermentans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
piscifermentans Bacteria described in 1992 {{Staphylococcaceae-stub