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PMID: 4572898 Published · ppublish English Journal Article

Identification of Staphylococcus aureus by simultaneous use of tube coagulase and thermonuclease tests.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 25 ·No. 3 ·1973-03-00 ·Pages 496-7

Barry AL, Lachica RV, Atchison FW

Abstract

A simple system is described for efficiently detecting both thermonuclease (heat-stable nuclease) and free coagulase for the routine identification of Staphylococcus aureus in the clinical laboratory. Valid discrepancies between these two tests are rare enough to permit the use of one test as a control of the other.

MeSH Terms
Agar Bacteriological Techniques Coagulase/metabolism DNA Deoxyribonucleases/metabolism Evaluation Studies as Topic Methods Micrococcus/classification Staphylococcus/classification,enzymology,growth & development Tolonium Chloride
Chemicals
Coagulase Tolonium Chloride Agar DNA Deoxyribonucleases
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Barry A L
Lachica R V
Atchison F W
References (4)
4 references, click to expand
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    Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand. 1968;74(2):274-86 PMID: 4302584
  2. Nuclease production and lysostaphin susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus and other catalase-positive cocci.
    Appl Microbiol. 1971 May;21(5):823-6 PMID: 5574317
  3. Metachromatic agar-diffusion methods for detecting staphylococcal nuclease activity.
    Appl Microbiol. 1971 Apr;21(4):585-7 PMID: 4930272
  4. Rapid method for determining the activity of microorganisms on nucleic acids.
    J Bacteriol. 1957 Apr;73(4):590-1 PMID: 13428699
Article Info
Journal
Applied microbiology
Abbr.
Appl Microbiol
ISSN
0003-6919
DOI
10.1128/am.25.3.496-497.1973
Published
1973-03-00
Pages
496-7
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7605802
PMCID
PMC380836
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.25.3.496-497.1973 PMC Full Text
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