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Ruminococcus productus
Definition 1
A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is catalase and indole negative, does not reduce nitrates and can ferment cellobiose, arabinose, glucose and lactose. R. productus is found in the human intestinal flora and is not a known pathogen. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Ruminococcus productus. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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