STAPHYLOCOCCUS
\stˈafɪlˌɒkɒkəs], \stˈafɪlˌɒkɒkəs], \s_t_ˈa_f_ɪ_l_ˌɒ_k_ɒ_k_ə_s]\
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A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, coccoid bacteria. Its organisms occur singly, in pairs, and in tetrads and characteristically divide in more than one plane to form irregular clusters. Natural populations of Staphylococcus are membranes of warm-blooded animals. Some species are opportunistic pathogens of humans and animals.
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A genus of Bacteria, properly referable to Micrococcus, comprising non-motile cocci aggregated into irregular groups.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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