GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Staphylococcus mean? 

• GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS has 1 sense:

1. includes many pathogenic species

  Familiarity information: GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes many pathogenic species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Staphylococcus" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Staphylococcus"):

staph; staphylococci; staphylococcus (spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections)

Holonyms ("genus Staphylococcus" is a member of...):

family Micrococcaceae; Micrococcaceae (spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes)

 Context examples 

Any bacteria assigned to the genus Staphylococcus that expresses the enzyme coagulase.

(Coagulase-Positive Staphylococcus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacteria assigned to the genus Staphylococcus that does not express the enzyme coagulase.

(Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)