| Name: | S. hominis |
| Morphology: | tetrads and clusters |
| Gram Stain: | Gram-Positive Cocci |
| Growth Characteristics: | aerobe |
| Test Profile: | coagulase-negative catalase positive |
| Description: | aerobic Major component of normal flora (along with other coagulase negaive staph). Has been associated with septicemia. S. hominis, subspecies novobiosepticus, may be associated with clinically significant septicemia and is novobiocin resistant. see manual of clinical mircobiology, 7th edition, p.267 |
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