Download Staphylococcus Aureus

Nupur Patel
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom:
Eubacteria
Phylum:
Firmicutes
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Staphylococcaceae
Genus:
Staphylococcus
Species:
S. aureus
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Coccus in shape
Form grape like
structures
S. aureus is yellow in
color
Facultative Anaerobic
Non-motile
Gram Positive Bacteria
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Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
Found in the nostrils,
and on the skin and hair
of warm-blooded
animals.
Plenty of healthy people
carry staph without
being infected by it. In
fact, 25%-30% of
population have staph
bacteria in our noses.
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Staph can usually be treated with antibiotics.
But over the decades, some strains of staph
have become resistant to antibiotics
MRSA was first discovered in 1961.
Now resistant to methicillin, amoxicillin,
penicillin, oxacillin, and other antibiotics.
Some antibiotics still work, MRSA is constantly
adapting.
MRSA is spread by contact.
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http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Staph
ylococcus
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