Staphylococcus

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Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”) +‎ English coccus (“spherical bacterium”).

Proper noun

Staphylococcus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylococcaceae – staphylococcus bacteria.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Staphylococcales – order; Staphylococcaceae – family

Hyponyms

(genus): Staphylococcus aureus – type species; Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus – other selected species

Descendants

English: staph
English: staphylococcal
English: staphylococcin

See also

MRSA
VRSA

References

Staphylococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Staphylococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Staphylococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Staphylococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database

Wikious

Boobota

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