RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 KLOOS, WESLEY E. A1 WOLFSHOHL, JANA F.YR 1991 T1 Staphylococcus cohnii Subspecies: Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii subsp. nov. and Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticum subsp. nov. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 41 IS 2 SP 284 OP 289 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-41-2-284 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Two major subspecies of Staphylococcus cohnii, namely S. cohnii subsp. cohnii, from humans, and S. cohnii subsp. urealyticum, from humans and other primates, are described on the basis of a study of 14 to 25 strains and 18 to 33 strains, respectively. DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in our laboratory in 1983 (W. E. Kloos and J. F. Wolfshohl, Curr. Microbiol. 8:115-121, 1983) demonstrated that strains representing the different subspecies were significantly divergent. S. cohnii subsp. urealyticum can be distinguished from S. cohnii subsp. cohnii on the basis of its greater colony size; pigmentation; positive urease, β-glucuronidase, and β-galactosidase activities; delayed alkaline phosphatase activity; ability to produce acid aerobically from α-lactose; and fatty acid profile. The type strain of S. cohnii subsp. cohnii is ATCC 29974, the designated type strain of S. cohnii Schleifer and Kloos 1975b, 55. The type strain of S. cohnii subsp. urealyticum is ATCC 49330., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-41-2-284