Staphylococcus fleurettii sp nov., isolated from goat's milk cheeses

A new coagulase-negative and novobiocin-resistant species of the genus Stap hylococcus, Staphylococcus fleurettii, isolated from raw-milk cheeses, is d escribed. This species is differentiated from the other novobiocin-resistan t staphylococci on the basis of ribotype and intergenic transcribed spacer patterns, DNA-DNA reassociation reactions, cell wall composition and phenot ypic characteristics. S. fleurettii could be distinguished by its oxidase a ctivity, by its ability to produce acid aerobically from D-trehalose, D-man nose, D-turanose and maltose and by its inabililty to produce acid from D-c ellobiose. The type strain of S. fleurettii is CIP 106114(T) (= DSM 13212(T )).