金黄色葡萄球菌

金黃色葡萄球菌

jīnhuángsèpútáoqiújūn

noun

Meanings

1 Staphylococcus aureus
2 golden staph

Characters

bacterium, fungus

Examples

金黄色葡萄球菌是常见的致病菌。

Jīnhuángsè pútáoqiújūn shì chángjiàn de zhìbìngjūn.

Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogenic bacterium.

这种食物容易被金黄色葡萄球菌污染。

Zhè zhǒng shíwù róngyì bèi jīnhuángsè pútáoqiújūn wūrǎn.

This kind of food is easily contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus.

Tips

memory

Literally 'golden-colored grape-ball bacterium' — Chinese takes Latin's *aureus* (gold) + *staphylo* (grape cluster) + *coccus* (berry/ball) and calques it character-by-character.

Stroke Order

金 jīn

黄 huáng

色 sè

葡 pú

萄 táo

球 qiú

菌 jūn