Occurrence of protein A in Staphylococcus aureus and closely related Staphylococcus species.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 10 ·No. 5 ·1979-11-00 ·Pages 752-3

Lachica RV, Genigeorgis CA, Hoeprich PD

Abstract

All but 1 of 143 strains of Staphylococcus aureus were positive for protein A, whereas all 34 strains of Staphylococcus hyicus and 123 of 127 strains of Staphylococcus intermedius were devoid of this cell wall component.

MeSH Terms

Animals Cell Wall/analysis Fluorescent Antibody Technique Humans Hyaluronoglucosaminidase/biosynthesis Micrococcal Nuclease/biosynthesis Species Specificity Staphylococcal Protein A/analysis Staphylococcus/analysis,enzymology Staphylococcus aureus/analysis,enzymology

Chemicals

Staphylococcal Protein A Micrococcal Nuclease Hyaluronoglucosaminidase

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Lachica R V

Genigeorgis C A

Hoeprich P D

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8 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.10.5.752-753.1979

Published

1979-11-00

Pages

752-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC273259

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.10.5.752-753.1979 PMC Full Text View journal details

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