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Isolation of an Encapsulated Strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Author(s) -
YOSHIDA K.,
MINEGISHI Y.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1979.tb01758.x
Subject(s) - staphylococcus epidermidis , strain (injury) , microbiology and biotechnology , isolation (microbiology) , staphylococcus , polysaccharide , cell wall , staphylococcus aureus , chemistry , biology , bacteria , anatomy , biochemistry , genetics
An encapsulated strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from a human clinical specimen was demonstrated by electron microscopy. The outermost layer of the cell wall of these organisms probably consists mostly of polysaccharide.