Bacterium
micrococcus luteus
Subclass of:
Micrococcus
Definitions related to micrococcus luteus:
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A species of gram-positive, spherical bacteria whose organisms occur in tetrads and in irregular clusters of tetrads. The primary habitat is mammalian skin.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of obligately aerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is halotolerant, coagulase negative, susceptible to bacitracin and does not ferment glucose. M. luteus is found in soil, dust, water and air and is a commensal organism of the skin, mouth and upper respiratory tract but may be considered pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Micrococcus luteus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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