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Staphylococcus auricularis
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is catalase positive, urease, coagulase and oxidase negative and produces acid from fructose and glycerol. S. auricularis is a commensal organism of the human ear and may be pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus auricularis. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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