staphylococcus

Any of various spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus that usually occur in grapelike clusters and commonly cause skin infections such as cellulitis and impetigo and other infectious conditions and diseases.

An invalid generic name applied to certain species of pus-forming bacteria, of which Micrococcus (‘Staphylococcus’) pyogenes is the most common.

Any member of this group which is characterized by having the cells arranged in irregular groups.

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections

spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections