General Characteristics of the staphylococci Include a major human pathogen and skin commensals Spherical cells arranged in irregular clusters 产数学 v Gram-positive Coagulase: an important indicator t of pathogenic staphylococci Lack spores and flagell May have capsules Gram stainingGeneral Characteristics of the Staphylococci  Include a major human pathogen and skin commensals  Spherical cells arranged in irregular clusters  Gram-positive  Coagulase: an important indicator of pathogenic staphylococci  Lack spores and flagella  May have capsules Gram staining