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