Bacterium
staphylococcus sciuri
Definitions related to staphylococcus sciuri:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase, alkaline phosphatase and oxidase and negative for coagulase and urease. It can ferment glucose, fructose, ribose, glycerol, mannitol, trehalose, cellobiose, and sucrose, but not turanose, xylose, xylitol, lactose or maltose. S. sciuri is found in soil, water, animal and human skin and is an opportunistic pathogen in humans.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus sciuri.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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