Crossword clues for staphylococcus
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
(plural staphylococci), 1887, Modern Latin, the genus name, coined (on model of streptococcus) in 1882 by Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist Alexander Ogston (1844-1929). The first element is from comb. form of Greek staphyle "bunch of grapes," which possibly is from PIE *stabh-, variant of *stebh- "post, stem; to support" (see staff (n.)). The second element is Modern Latin coccus "spherical bacterium," from Greek kokkos "berry, grain" (see cocco-). So called because the bacteria usually bunch together in irregular masses.
Wiktionary
n. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus ''Staphylococcus'', causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections
WordNet
n. spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections [syn: staphylococci, staph]
[also: staphylococci (pl)]
Wikipedia
Staphylococcus (from the , staphylē, "grape" and κόκκος, kókkos, "granule") is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. Under the microscope, they appear round ( cocci), and form in grape-like clusters.
The Staphylococcus genus includes at least 40 species. Of these, nine have two subspecies, one has three subspecies, and one has four subspecies. Most are harmless and reside normally on the skin and mucous membranes of humans and other organisms. Found worldwide, they are a small component of soil microbial flora.
Usage examples of "staphylococcus".
Soon one of these new strains, called Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, began to show up in hospitals.
Normally quiescent organisms, such as staphylococcus, yeast, pseudomonas, or escherichia, can become deadly when they colonize the surface of some foreign object implanted inside the body.
If staphylococcus gets hold of this resistance information, then staph could become the first bacterial superhero of the post-antibiotic era, and human physicians of the twenty-first century would be every bit as helpless before it as were physicians of the 19th.
The chances of a cephalosporin-resistant staphylococcus coming in off the street is rather less than one in six.
Ford wondered if he could draw Novak out by telling him about the Shark and the possibility of vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus at the Willowbrook.
Raymond Denny died of septicemia, his blood seething with staphylococcus and its destructive toxins.
The staphylococcus emergency threatened to have a profound impact upon the running of the hospital, not least because such a high percentage of its patients were admitted via the Emergency Department.
She had been admitted with two stab wounds to the lower abdomen four days ago and had succumbed to a staphylococcus infection in the early hours of the morning.
When it encounters staphylococcus, your body recognizes it as a foreign substance, just as a guard would notice an unwanted intruder on a surveillance camera.
He said that the most likely cause of the cellulitis was staphylococcus, which was a common bacteria found in the mouth.
Hepatitis a Salmonella Shigella Staphylococcus Giardia or Campylobacter, then you may not work there.
I cannot for the life of me fit the recurring facial carbuncles of Karl Marx into my manipulationsnot even, though we know, well after the fact, that agonizing staphylococcus aitreus infections behind that famous beard helped shape twentieth century totalitarianism.
A virulent strain of staphylococcus aureus has incorporated endozine-resistant plasmids from enterococcus.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was among the worst bugs Gilbert could have acquired.
Normally quiescent organisms, such as staphylococcus, yeast, pseudomonas, or escherichia, can become deadly when they colonize the surface of some foreign object implanted inside the body.