A simple and cost-effective cover-glass test for the differentiation between staphylococci and micrococci in clinical laboratory
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Microbiological Methods |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2012.03.006 |
| Field | Microbiology, virology |
| Keywords | Cover-glass test; Differentiation; Staphylococci; Micrococci |
| Description | 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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