📚 noun • entry_id 23137
staphylococcus
/ˌstæfələˈkɔkəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estafilococo
A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.
This Scottish bacteriologist accidentally discovered the antibiotic penicillin after bacteria-killing fungus formed on staphylococci cultures he had left unattended.
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