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... > Bacteria > Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus epidermidis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus epidermidis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus epidermidis
... > Bacteria > Firmicutes > Bacillales > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus epidermidis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Bacillales > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus epidermidis
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Cocci > Staphylococcaceae > Staphylococcus > Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Staphylococcus epidermidis  

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Note

  • infection: coordinate with STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS that is a spherical, non-motile, gram-positive, chemoorganotrophic, facultative anaerobe. Mainly found on the skin and mucous membrane of warm-blooded animals, it can be primary pathogen or secondary invader.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013212

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