''Staphylococcus borealis'' is a

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were am ...

l species, member of the genus ''

Staphylococcus ''Staphylococcus'' is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Staphylococcaceae from the order Bacillales. Under the microscope, they appear spherical ( cocci), and form in grape-like clusters. ''Staphylococcus'' species are facultat ...

,'' closely-related to ''

Staphylococcus haemolyticus ''Staphylococcus'' is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Staphylococcaceae from the order Bacillales. Under the microscope, they appear spherical ( cocci), and form in grape-like clusters. ''Staphylococcus'' species are facultative ...

'' and described in 2020. Its cells are

Gram positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bact ...

, coccoid in shape, with a diameter of 0.65 to 1.23 µm and form clusters. Additionally, they are facultative anaerobic, coagulase negative and catalase positive. The type strain (51-48^T = CCUG 73747^T = CECT 30011^T) was isolated from human blood culture at the

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), in 1997. Four additional strains included in the description were isolated from skin swabs, from healthy volunteers. The genome sequence of the type strain is deposited in

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under the accession numbe
JABVEJ000000000
Additionally, three publicly available draft genome sequences were also identified as members of ''Staphylococcus borealis'', two of them of strains isolated from cattle in Canada and one of a strain isolated from human skin, in

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borealis Gram-positive bacteria Bacteria described in 2020 {{Staphylococcaceae-stub