Bacterium
staphylococcus epidermidis
Subclass of:
Genus staphylococcus
Definitions related to staphylococcus epidermidis:
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase, urease, and alkaline phosphatase and negative for coagulase and oxidase. It can ferment glucose, fructose, maltose, sucrose, glycerol, mannose, lactose, and turanose but not arabinose, mannitol, xylose, cellobiose, xylitol, rhamnose or trehalose. S. epidermidis is a commensal human skin organism and can be a human pathogen causing sepsis or endocarditis in patients with implants or immunocompromised individuals.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS that is a spherical, non-motile, gram-positive, chemoorganotrophic, facultative anaerobe. Mainly found on the skin and mucous membrane of warm-blooded animals, it can be primary pathogen or secondary invader.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus epidermidis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Species of Staphylococcus that is a spherical, nonmotile, gram positive, chemoorganotrophic, facultative anaerobe; mainly found on the skin and mucous membrane of warm blooded animals, it can be primary pathogen or secondary invader.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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