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Definition of Genus Staphylococcus
1. Noun. Includes many pathogenic species.
Group relationships: Family Micrococcaceae, Micrococcaceae
Member holonyms: Staph, Staphylococci, Staphylococcus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Staphylococcus
Literary usage of Genus Staphylococcus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"... Genus: Staphylococcus. Parasites. Cells in groups and short chains, very rarely
in packets. Generally stain by Gram. On agar streak good growth, ..."
2. Atlas and Principles of Bacteriology by Karl Bernhard Lehmann, Rudolf Otto Neumann, George H. Weaver (1901)
"The genus Staphylococcus Ogston has no botanical rights, for the property of
forming " grape-like " clusters is possessed at times by all varieties ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"used by the WINSLOWS should not be retained for this group but, that all should
be included under the genus Staphylococcus. Of the forms studied, ..."
4. Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology: An Introduction to by Veranus Alva Moore (1905)
"... and Spirillum contain the most important 'if the pathogenic bacteria.
The familiar genus Staphylococcus ..."
5. Elementary Bacteriology and Protozoölogy for the Use of Nurses by Herbert Fox (1919)
"... name given both to family and genus. Staphylococcus—The spherical coccus which
grows in grape-like masses. ..."
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