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      3. Old stuff
          3.2. Old physio stuff (around 2005)
              3.2.8. Microbiology
                  3.2.8.1. Gram-positive cocci
 3.2.8.1.1. Staphylococcus 
 1. Staphylococcus aureus
 2. Staphylococcus epidermidis
 3. Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Staphylococcus

Common properties

  • Round
  • Gram-positive
  • True facultatively anaerobic
  • Catalase positive (streptococcus is catalase negative)
  • Relatively resistant to heat and drying
  • Hosts a large variety of lysogenic bacteriophages
  • Cultured on enriched media containing broth and/or blood

Things to revise/add later:

Bibliography: LWW microbiology

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