Coagulase | Word Coagulase at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

I'm a Gram Positive, coagulase negative coccus. live on healthy human skin.
But I'm a little different to him, I'm called a "coagulase negative" staph, which means I react differently then him in a special test.
CNS = coagulase negative staphylococci; VRE = vancomycin resistant enterococci Chest 2000;
Almost every one of the strains produce coagulase, which converts fibrinogen into fibrin which causes the blood to clot.

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