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Identification of coagulase‐negative staphylococci from farm animals
Author(s) -
DEVRIESE L.A.,
SCHLEIFER K.H.,
ADEGOKE G.O.
Publication year - 1985
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.1365-2672.1985.tb01428.x
Subject(s) - novobiocin , biology , coagulase , staphylococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus xylosus , staphylococcus saprophyticus , flora (microbiology) , veterinary medicine , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , medicine , genetics
The species identity of 661 strains of coagulase‐negative staphylococci isolated from the skin and nares of cattle, pigs, poultry, goats and sheep was determined. They belonged either to the novobiocin‐sensitive species Staphylococcus hyicus, Staph. simulans, Staph. epidermidis, Staph. haemolyticus and Staph. warneri or to the novobiocin‐resistant species Staph. sciuri, Staph. lentus, Staph. xylosus, Staph. cohnii. Staph. saprophyticus and Staph. gallinarum ; twenty‐one strains remained unidentified. The staphylococcal flora of the farm animals studied differed markedly from that associated with man; several species which do not occur in man were isolated and novobiocin‐resistant strains, which occur infrequently in man, were present in large numbers in animals. Two simplified schemes for the identification of staphylococci from farm animals and man are presented.