Staphylococcus

See also: staphylococcus

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Staphylococcus m

1. 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 – selected other species

Descendants

• English: staph
• English: staphylococcal
• English: staphylococcin

See also

• MRSA
• VRSA

References

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