Staphylococcus lentus is a Gram-positive, oxidase-positive, coagulase-negative member of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus consisting of clustered cocci. The species was originally classified as a subspecies; its name is a combination derived from Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. lentus.
Of all studied S. sciuri subspecies, only S. lentus has been found to use the trisaccharide raffinose.
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External links Type strain of Staphylococcus lentus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase