Routine separation of staphylococci from micrococci based on bacteriolytic activity production.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 9 ·No. 1 ·1979-01-00 ·Pages 147-8

Varaldo PE, Grazi G, Cisani G, Satta G

Abstract

A new method is described by which separation of staphylococci from micrococci can be achieved in routine laboratory use. The basis of this method is that bacteriolytic activity is produced by staphylococci but not by micrococci.

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Infections/microbiology Bacteriological Techniques Bacteriolysis Humans Micrococcus/isolation & purification Species Specificity Staphylococcus/isolation & purification,physiology

Authors & Affiliations

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Varaldo P E

Grazi G

Cisani G

Satta G

References (5)

5 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.9.1.147-148.1979

Published

1979-01-00

Pages

147-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC272973

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.9.1.147-148.1979 PMC Full Text View journal details

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