staphylococcus

See also: Staphylococcus

English

a scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “cluster of grapes”) + coccus

Noun

staphylococcus (plural staphylococci)

1. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections

Derived terms

• staph
• staphylococcal
• staphylococcin

Related terms

• coccus

Translations

bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus

• Catalan: estafilococ m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葡萄球菌 (zh) (pútao qiújūn)

• Finnish: stafylokokki
• Italian: stafilococco (it) m
• Japanese: 葡萄球菌 (ぶどうきゅうきん, budōkyūkin)

• Korean: 포도상구균 (ko) (podosanggugyun) (葡萄狀球菌)
• Russian: стафилоко́кк (ru) m (stafilokókk)
• Spanish: estafilococo (es) m
• Swedish: stafylokock (sv) c
• Tagalog: estapilokoko

References

• staphylococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• staphylococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• staphylococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons