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Streptococcus salivarius
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is alpha hemolytic, hydrolyzes esculin and is negative for arginine deaminase, and catalase. It can ferment inulin, salicin, and raffinose but not mannitol, or sorbitol. S. salivarius is found in the normal flora of the mouth and respiratory tract and is rarely a human pathogen causing opportunistic infections. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus salivarius. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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