Bacterium
staphylococcus simulans
Definitions related to staphylococcus simulans:
  • 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 oxidase, alkaline phosphatase and coagulase. It can ferment sucrose, mannitol, fructose, and lactose but not arabinose, cellobiose, turanose, xylose, or xylitol. S. simulans is found on human and animal skin and is a pathogen that can cause bumble foot disease and mastitis in animals and ostomyelitis and prosthesis related infections in humans.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus simulans.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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