Staphylococcus (Budokyukin) (English spelling) Staphylococcus

Japanese: ブドウ球菌(葡萄球菌) - ぶどうきゅうきん（英語表記）Staphylococcus

Also called staphylococcus. A gram-positive, spherical bacterium with a diameter of 0.8 to 1.0 μm, it is easily cultured on standard media. It is a non-motile, non-spore-forming facultative anaerobic bacterium that divides and grows indiscriminately in spatial directions on solid media, forming a bunch-of-grapes arrangement, hence the name. However, it can also be arranged in a diplococcal or short chain form. While the weakly pathogenic Staphylococcus epidermidis is normally present on human skin and mucous membranes, the highly pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus is a typical cause of suppuration along with streptococci, and can also cause food poisoning.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ブドウ状球菌ともいう。グラム陽性，直径0.8～1.0μmの球形の細菌で，通常の培地で容易に培養される。非運動性，芽胞非形成性の通性嫌気性細菌で，固体培地上では無差別な空間方向に分裂増殖してブドウの房状の配列を示すことから，この名がある。しかし双球菌状，あるいは短鎖状の配列もとる。病原性の弱い表皮ブドウ球菌は人間の皮膚および粘膜上に常在しているが，病原性の強い黄色ブドウ球菌は，連鎖球菌と並んで化膿の代表的な原因菌であり，食中毒の原因菌ともなる。

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