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Helcococcus kunzii
Definition 1
A species of Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is catalase negative, nonsporulating, and ferments lactose, maltose, starch, glucose and trehalose. H. kunzii is a nonvirulent member of the skin flora, but may become an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients and has been isolated from wounds and breast masses. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Helcococcus kunzii. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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