When is Staphylococcus not capital? This is confusing me.
Posted By: DT on 2005-07-20
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I always thought Staphyloccocus was capitalized until on my QA I was told different, but can't find the reason and it's been a while since this happened. Now it bothers me not knowing how to determine whether I'm capitalizing it when its not supposed to be. Can you help me with this? Thanks
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