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Cellulosimicrobium cellulans
Definition 1
A species of facultatively aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming catalase positive, oxidase negative, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes starch and gelatin. C. cellulans is normally found in soil and is pathogenic to immunocompromised patients. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Cellulosimicrobium cellulans. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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