Bacterium
staphylococcus saprophyticus
Subclass of:
Genus staphylococcus
Definitions related to staphylococcus saprophyticus:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase and urease and negative for coagulase, oxidase, and alkaline phosphatase. It can metabolize glucose, maltose, sucrose, turanose, mannitol, glycerol, fructose, lactose, trehalose and xylitol but not mannose, rhamnose, xylose, arabinose, ribose or cellobiose. S. saprophyticus is a commensal organism in humans and is a pathogen that causes urinary tract infections in women.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-positive bacteria in the family STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE. It commonly causes urinary tract infections in humans.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus saprophyticus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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