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title: Staphylococcus capitis
description: "This Gram positive coccus is found as pairs, tetrads, and less frequently as irregular, grape-like clusters. Cells are catalase positive and exhibit facultatively anaerobic metabolism. Able to use glucose oxidatively and fermentatively. Salt tolerant in media with NaCl concentrations up…"
url: "https://vumicro.com/docs/staphylococcus-capitis/"
updated: "2022-03-25"
category: Reference Library / Gram positive cocci
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# Staphylococcus capitis

This Gram positive coccus is found as pairs, tetrads, and less frequently as irregular, grape-like clusters. Cells are catalase positive and exhibit facultatively anaerobic metabolism. Able to use glucose oxidatively and fermentatively. Salt tolerant in media with NaCl concentrations up to 10%. Growth occurs at temperatures between 20-45 C, with optimum growth occurring between 30-40 C. Isolated most frequently from the face and scalp of humans; less frequently from other areas of the human body.  It causes rare cases of infection involving indwelling medical devices.  

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