ABSTRACT
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 275 Classication, Natural Habitat, and Epidemiology ....................................................................... 276
Classication and Natural Habitat ...................................................................................... 276 Epidemiology of Infections ........................................................................................................................... 276
Biochemical Properties .................................................................................................................. 277 General Properties .............................................................................................................. 277 Major Differences between Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis ........................... 278 Cell Wall Envelope ............................................................................................................. 278
Peptidoglycan ........................................................................................................... 278 Teichoic Acids .......................................................................................................... 282 Cell Wall-Anchored Surface Proteins ...................................................................... 282
Physiology ........................................................................................................................... 283 Virulence Factors and Regulation.................................................................................................. 283 Genome and Genomic Variability .................................................................................................284 Practical Growth and Manipulations .............................................................................................284
