Staphylococcus love

Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylococcaceae — the staphylococcus bacteria.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulē, "a bunch of grapes") + -o- + coccus

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  • Staph, the short form of the family name Staphylococcus, is an ancient organism with a vast arsenal of tricks and defenses, some of them newly learned, others as old as man.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Staph, the short form of the family name Staphylococcus, is an ancient organism with a vast arsenal of tricks and defenses, some of them newly learned, others as old as man.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Staph, the short form of the family name Staphylococcus, is an ancient organism with a vast arsenal of tricks and defenses, some of them newly learned, others as old as man.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Apoorv Kalra studies linezolid, an antibiotic made by Pfizer, and its impact on bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus, the most common cause of staph infections.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

  • The paper tested two reporters 'thongs, worn around the city for four days, and found a bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus on both pairs.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • For example, there is a type of bacteria called Staphylococcus Aureus

    About Today 2009

  • There are two types of bacteria responsible for the inflammation and infection in acne, these are called Staphylococcus epidermidis and Propionibacterium acnes.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • In these studies the test organisms included gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and S. pneumoniae, gram-negative bacteria such as

    Chapter 7 1991

  • Physicist Dr Russell Connally has spent the past three years fine-tuning the portable device, which can be fitted to a standard fluorescence microscope to observe delayed luminescence for the rapid identification of microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph), tuberculosis, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in samples of water, blood and other body fluids.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • Physicist Dr Russell Connally has spent the past three years fine-tuning the portable device, which can be fitted to a standard fluorescence microscope to observe delayed luminescence for the rapid identification of microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph), tuberculosis, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in samples of water, blood and other body fluids.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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