Staphylococcus aureus (abbreviated S. aureus) is a facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive coccus species and the most common cause of staph infections.
S. aureus may also refer to: Scleropages aureus, a proposed species of the Asian arowana, a fish species native to Southeast Asia Senecio aureus, 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 See also Aureus (disambiguation)