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What is a staphylococcus?

What is a staphylococcus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections
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Other common organisms are proteus, klebbsiela, staphylococcus and enterococcus fecalis.
Because staphylococcus bacteria are often carried on dirty hands, it's important to wash your hands thoroughly before and after inserting a tampon.
This plant is effective against staphylococcus aureus, pathogenic bacteria responsible for mouth ulcers, so we can use it in mouthwash.
Another strain of the bacterium staphylococcus aureus already lives on the skin of a third of the population but rarely causes anything more serious than pimples or boils.
The condition is caused by streptococcus or staphylococcus organisms that have entered the body through a skin wound.
It has been approved for certain gram-positive infections including certain drug-resistant enterococcus, staphylococcus, and pneumococcus strains.

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