PROMROS: pulled on a salty
But do you know the origin of the word "staphylococcus"? From the Greek "bunch of grapes", lovely, right? They earned this name by the fact that the cells, sharing in several planes, fit in the smear, well, cleanly like grapes. The root of the “KOKK” - literally “grain, berry” - must immediately make you understand that these bacteria are tidy, unlike rocker bacilli or twisted spirochet. ⠀ We recall the material of past notes and go through the characteristics of the colonies.