Bacterium
granulicatella elegans
Definitions related to granulicatella elegans:
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A species of facultative anaerobic, gram-positive, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is non-motile, non-spore forming and catalase and oxidase negative. G. elegans is commensal, being found in normal human oral flora, but may be associated with infective endocarditis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Granulicatella elegans.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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