S. aureus
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S. aureus may refer to:
- Scleropages aureus, a proposed species of the Asian arowana, a fish species native to Southeast Asia
- Senecio aureusSenecio aureusPackera aurea , commonly known as Golden Ragwort, is a perennial flower in family Asteraceae. It is also known as Life Root, Squaw Weed, Golden Sececio, ragwort, uncum root, waw weed, uncum, false valerian, cough weed, female regulator, cocash weed, ragweed, staggerwort, and St...
, the golden ragwort, a perennial flowering plant species native to eastern North America - Sericulus aureus, the flame bowerbird, a bird species endemic to rainforests of New Guinea
- Somatogyrus aureus, the golden pebblesnail, a minute freshwater snail species endemic to the United States
- Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus aureus is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive coccal bacterium. It is frequently found as part of the normal skin flora on the skin and nasal passages. It is estimated that 20% of the human population are long-term carriers of S. aureus. S. aureus is the most common species of...
, a facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive coccus species and the most common cause of staph infections