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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Staphylococcaceae — thestaphylococcus bacteria .
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Staph, the short form of the family name Staphylococcus, is an ancient organism with a vast arsenal of tricks and defenses, some of them newly learned, others as old as man.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Staph, the short form of the family name Staphylococcus, is an ancient organism with a vast arsenal of tricks and defenses, some of them newly learned, others as old as man.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Staph, the short form of the family name Staphylococcus, is an ancient organism with a vast arsenal of tricks and defenses, some of them newly learned, others as old as man.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Apoorv Kalra studies linezolid, an antibiotic made by Pfizer, and its impact on bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus, the most common cause of staph infections.
Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010
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The paper tested two reporters 'thongs, worn around the city for four days, and found a bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus on both pairs.
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For example, there is a type of bacteria called Staphylococcus Aureus
About Today 2009
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There are two types of bacteria responsible for the inflammation and infection in acne, these are called Staphylococcus epidermidis and Propionibacterium acnes.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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In these studies the test organisms included gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and S. pneumoniae, gram-negative bacteria such as
Chapter 7 1991
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Physicist Dr Russell Connally has spent the past three years fine-tuning the portable device, which can be fitted to a standard fluorescence microscope to observe delayed luminescence for the rapid identification of microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph), tuberculosis, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in samples of water, blood and other body fluids.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Physicist Dr Russell Connally has spent the past three years fine-tuning the portable device, which can be fitted to a standard fluorescence microscope to observe delayed luminescence for the rapid identification of microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph), tuberculosis, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in samples of water, blood and other body fluids.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
marrymemckean commented on the word Staphylococcus
My biologist friend says :
"there are so many things wrong with this definition I don't know where to begin. that's not the most common strain, it's not an invalid term, it's the name of a genera; staph, strep, and micrococcus are different genera names.
this might have been valid under old dated definitions of what 'staph' is. but you shouldn't use dated definitions to discuss staph today, or you could kill people."
word on :)
August 8, 2009