staphylococcus

See also: Staphylococcus

English

a scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Etymology

New Latin, from staphylo- +‎ -coccus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs/, /ˌstæfɪləˈkɒkəs/

Noun

staphylococcus (plural staphylococci)

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.
- 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 127:
  This Scottish bacteriologist accidentally discovered the antibiotic penicillin after bacteria-killing fungus formed on staphylococci cultures he had left unattended.

Derived terms

Related terms

coccus

Translations

bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus

Catalan: estafilococ m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葡萄球菌 (zh) (pútao qiújūn)
Finnish: stafylokokki
French: staphylocoque (fr) m
Galician: estafilococo (gl) m
Italian: stafilococco (it) m
Japanese: 葡萄球菌 (ぶどうきゅうきん, budōkyūkin)
Korean: 포도상구균(葡萄狀球菌) (ko) (podosanggugyun)
Persian: استافیلوکوک (estâfilokok)
Polish: gronkowiec m
Portuguese: estafilococo (pt) m
Romanian: stafilococ (ro)
Russian: стафилоко́кк (ru) m (stafilokókk)
Spanish: estafilococo (es) m
Swedish: stafylokock (sv) c
Tagalog: estapilokoko
Turkish: stafilokok (tr)

References

Staphylococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Staphylococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Staphylococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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