Bacterium
staphylococcus hyicus
Subclass of:
Genus staphylococcus
Definitions related to staphylococcus hyicus:
  • A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase, caseinase, hyaluronidase, and alkaline phosphatase, and negative for coagulase, oxidase, and urease. It can ferment sucrose, mannose, ribose, lactose and trehalose but not arabinose, cellobiose, maltose, glycerol, mannitol, turanose, xylitol or xylose. S. hyicus is a zoonotic pathogen.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-positive bacteria in the family STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE. It is an important opportunistic pathogen in swine.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus hyicus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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