Bacterium
micrococcus lylae
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A species of aerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, indole negative, does not reduce nitrate, is negative for the methyl red test and contains the amino sugar galactosamine in the cell wall. M lylae has been isolated from human skin and is 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 lylae.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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