Staphylococcus Synonyms

stăfə-lō-kŏkəs
Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. staphylococci
  2. staph

Words Related to Staphylococcus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. aureus
  2. coagulase-negative
  3. streptococcus
  4. epidermidis
  5. pneumococcus
  6. Staphyloccus
  7. klebsiella
  8. enterococcus
  9. enterococci
  10. pneumoniae
  11. faecalis

Staphylococcus Sentence Examples

  • Staphylococcus aureus is a very common type of bacteria.

  • It is difficult to estimate the number of annual cases of Staphylococcus food poisoning because its symptoms are so similar to those caused by other food-borne bacteria.

  • A variety of bacteria cause food poisoning, including Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli, Shigella, and Clostridium botulinum.

  • Other bacteria that can cause otitis externa include Enterobacter aerogenes, Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and bacteria of the family called Streptococci.

  • For example research on drug efflux in staphylococci has been applied to studies of gene function in Staphylococcus aureus using gene knockouts.

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