NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.
This species is catalase and oxidase positive, has yellow pigmented colonies, is indole
negative, does not reduce nitrate and does not produce H2S. E. acetylicum has been
isolated from skin, wounds, and cerebrospinal fluid and has also been reported in
hospital acquired catheter related bacteremia.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Exiguobacterium
acetylicum.;