Compact-Type Growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains in Serum-Soft Agar |
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| Authors: | Kosaku Yoshida Melvin R. Smith Yoshiko Naito |
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| Affiliation: | .Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, 113, Japan;.Department of Microbiology, 406 Medical Laboratory, Kanagawa-ken, 228, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Of 120 Staphylococcus epidermidis strains tested, 25.8% were of the compact type in serum-soft agar. Compact variants showed higher production of metabolites than counterpart diffuse variants. |
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