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Staphylococcus xylosus
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase and urease, and negative for coagulase and oxidase. It can ferment xylose, trehalose, arabinose, mannose, fructose, lactose, sucrose, turanose, and mannitol, but not maltose, turanose, cellobiose, or xylitol. S. xylosus is commensal on the skin of humans and animals, is used in the production of cheese and sausage and is a rare opportunistic pathogen in humans that can cause dermititis, urinary tract infections and bacteremia. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus xylosus. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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