Bacterium
kytococcus sedentarius
Definitions related to kytococcus sedentarius:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonencapsulated, nonendosporeforming, nonmotile, catalase positive, oxidase negative and hydrolyzes gelatin. K. sedentarius is rarely part of the normal flora of the skin and is mostly pathogenic, being the causative agent of pitted keratolysis.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Kytococcus sedentarius.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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