STAPH meaning in Medical ?

Answer: What is Staphylococcus mean?

Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Staphylococcaceae from the order Bacillales. Under the microscope, they appear spherical (cocci), and form in grape-like clusters. Staphylococcus species are facultative anaerobic organisms (capable of growth both aerobically and anaerobically).

The name was coined in 1880 by Scottish surgeon and bacteriologist Alexander Ogston (1844–1929), following the pattern established five years earlier with the naming of Streptococcus. It combines the prefix "staphylo-" (from Ancient Greek: σταφυλή, romanized: staphylē, lit. 'bunch of grapes'), and suffixed by the Modern Latin: coccus, lit. 'spherical bacterium' (from Ancient Greek: κόκκος, romanized: kókkos, lit. 'grain, seed, berry').

Staphylococcus includes at least 40 species. Of these, nine have two subspecies, one has three subspecies, and one has four subspecies. Many species cannot cause disease and reside normally on the skin and mucous membranes of humans and other animals. Staphylococcus has been found to be a nectar-inhabiting microbe. They are also a small component of the soil microbiome.

Two species of Staphylococcus (Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus arlettae) identified from marine sponges of Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Marine sponge associated Staphylococcus species are highly salt tolerant.

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