| staphylococcus pseudintermedius sp. nov., a coagulase-positive species from animals. | four staphylococcal isolates from clinical and necropsy specimens from a cat, a dog, a horse and a parrot (psittacus erithacus timneh) were found to constitute a distinct taxon. 16s rrna gene sequence analysis revealed that its closest phylogenetic relatives are staphylococcus intermedius and staphylococcus delphini. growth characteristics, biochemical features and dna-dna hybridizations demonstrated that the strains differ from these and other known species and that they represent a single, nov ... | 2005 | 16014483 |