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Characterization of antibiotic-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci from fresh produce and description of Staphylococcus shinii sp. nov. isolated from chives

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Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) species may possess antibiotic resistance genes and have been associated with nosocomial infections. In this study, 91 CoNS with decreased susceptibility to oxacillin were isolated from fresh produce using oxacillin containing agar plates. Their antibiotic resistances were determined phenotypically and all isolates were identified by rep-PCR, 16S rRNA and rpoB gene sequencing. Furthermore, the genomes of representative strains were sequenced in order to confirm species identification by phylogenomics. The majority (64 of 91) of the CoNS strains could be identified as Mammaliicoccus (M.) fleurettii, while 13 were identified as M. sciuri, 8 as M. vitulinus, 2 as Staphylococcus (S.) epidermidis and single strains each as S. warneri, S. xylosus, Staphylococcus spp. and S. casei. Most of the strains were generally susceptible to clinically-relevant antibiotics, but only few (< 7%) strains possessed multiple resistances. Both oxacillin and cefoxitin resistant isolates were considered to be presumptive methicillin-resistant CoNS. From whole genome sequencing data of 6 representative strains, the mecA gene, accessory genes and the SCC loci were compared, which revealed high variability between some of the strains. The major fatty acids of K22-5MT strain included anteiso-C15:0, iso-C15:0, iso-C17:0, anteiso-C17:0, C18:0, and C20:0. Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values indicated that Staphylococcus strain K22-5MT was below the species delineation cutoff values for ANI (less than 91%) and DDH (less than 44.4%), with the most closely related species being the S. pseudoxylosus S04009T type strain. Thus, strain K22- 5MT (=DSM 112532T, =LMG 32324T) represents a novel species, for which the name Staphylococcus shinii sp. nov. is proposed.

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Cho, GS., Li, B., Brinks, E. et al. Characterization of antibiotic-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci from fresh produce and description of Staphylococcus shinii sp. nov. isolated from chives. J Microbiol. 60, 877–889 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-022-2100-5

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