Bacterium
staphylococcus kloosii
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase and alkaline phosphatase and negative for oxidase and coagulase. It can ferment trehalose, mannitol, and ribose but not xylitol, xylose, or cellobiose. S. kloosii is found on the skin of squirrels, dogs, and pigs and is not known to be a human pathogen.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus kloosii.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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