staphylococcus lentus staphylococcus lentus 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. staphylococcus lentus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: staphylococcaceae genus: staphylococcus species: s. lentus binomial name staphylococcus lentus(kloos et al. 1976) schleifer et al. 1983 of all studied s. sciuri subspecies, only s. lentus has been found to use the trisaccharide raffinose.