Staphylococcus
See also: staphylococcus
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
References
Staphylococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Staphylococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Staphylococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Staphylococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database
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