#staphylococcus__staphylococci__staph  spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
  supertype:  coccus__cocci  any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
  member of:  genus_Staphylococcus  includes many pathogenic species
     member of:  family_Micrococcaceae__Micrococcaceae  spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes
        member of:  division_Eubacteria  one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
           member of:  kingdom_Monera__Monera  prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions

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