Staphylococcus gallinarum

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase, phosphatase and caseinase and negative for coagulase and oxidase. It can ferment arabinose, cellobiose, fructose, galactose, glycerol, maltose, mannitol, mannose, ribose, sucrose, trehalose, turanose, and xylose but not rhamnose or fucose. S. gallinarum is a commensal organism in poultry and goats, where it can cause opportunistic infections, and is rarely a human pathogen.

**Synonyms:** - STAPHYLOCOCCUS GALLINARUM