A simple and cost-effective cover-glass test for the differentiation between staphylococci and micrococci in clinical laboratory.

Authors :: Melter O
Tkadlec J
Sedláček I
Source :: Journal of microbiological methods [J Microbiol Methods] 2012 Jun; Vol. 89 (3), pp. 213-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Mar 14.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: A cover-glass placed on a heavily inoculated culture plate clearly differentiates facultatively anaerobic staphylococci growing underneath the cover-glass after overnight incubation from nongrowing aerobic micrococci. Even if there are some exceptions, all medically significant staphylococci can grow in the test. Thus, the test provides a cost-effective and highly specific tool for separation of both genera which fundamentally differ in their pathogenicity.<br /> (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Aerobiosis
Anaerobiosis
Animals
Bacteriological Techniques economics
Costs and Cost Analysis
Glass
Humans
Laboratories
Micrococcus classification
Micrococcus physiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Staphylococcus classification
Staphylococcus physiology
Bacteriological Techniques methods
Micrococcus isolation & purification
Staphylococcus isolation & purification

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