#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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