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Antibiogram Patterns Of Primary Isolates Of Staphylococcus Aureus In Relation To Enzymatic Activity And Phage Type, John Kevin Hall
Antibiogram Patterns Of Primary Isolates Of Staphylococcus Aureus In Relation To Enzymatic Activity And Phage Type, John Kevin Hall
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The genus Staphylococcus is a member of the family Micrococcaceae which includes three other general Micrococcus, Planococcus and Aerococcus. The four which have the same morphology and gram reaction may be distinguished from each other on the basis of arrangement, the utilization of glucose, the presence or abscence of cytochromes, oxygen requirements, motility and the G + C content of DNA. (Table I), The genus Staphylococcus includes three species; S. aureus, S. epidermidis and S. saprophyticus. These may be distinguished from each other on the basis of coagulase production, mannitol utilization, production of alpha toxin, presence of heat resistant endonucleases, …