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A simple and cost
-effective cover-glass test for the differentiation between staphylococci and micrococci in clinical laboratory
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| Original title: | A simple and cost-effective cover-glass test for the differentiation between staphylococci and micrococci in clinical laboratory |
| Authors: | Oto Melter, Jan Tkadlec, Ivo Sedláček |
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| Citation: | MELTER, Oto, Jan TKADLEC and Ivo SEDLÁČEK. A simple and
cost-effective cover-glass test for the differentiation between
staphylococci and micrococci in clinical laboratory. Journal of
Microbiological Methods, 2012, vol. 89, No 3, p. 213-215. ISSN
0167-7012. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2012.03.006.Export BibTeX @article{986778, author = {Melter, Oto and Tkadlec, Jan and Sedláček, Ivo}, article_number = {3}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2012.03.006}, keywords = {Cover -glass test; Differentiation; Staphylococci; Micrococci},language = {eng}, issn = {0167 -7012},journal = {Journal of Microbiological Methods}, title = {A simple and cost -effective cover-glass test for the differentiation between staphylococci and micrococci in clinical laboratory},volume = {89}, year = {2012} } |
| Original language: | English |
| Field: | Microbiology, virology |
| Type: | Article in Periodical |
| Keywords: | Cover-glass test; Differentiation; Staphylococci; Micrococci |
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.
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