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Staphylococcus cohnii
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is catalase positive and negative for oxidase, alkaline phosphatase and coagulase. It is able to ferment glucose, fructose, maltose, trehalose, mannitol and glycerol but unable to ferment sucrose, lactose, rhamnose, arabinose, turanose, xylitol or xylose. S. cohnii is found on human skin and is a rare opportunistic pathogen for humans causing urinary tract infections, wound infections, endocarditis, and septicemia. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus cohnii. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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