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STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN A, B, AND C PRODUCED BY COAGULASE‐NEGATIVE STRAINS WITHIN THE FAMILY MICROCOCCACEAE
Author(s) -
OLSVIK ØRJAN,
FOSSUM KÅRE,
BERDAL BJøRN P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series b: microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0180
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1982.tb00143.x
Subject(s) - enterotoxin , microbiology and biotechnology , coagulase , micrococcaceae , staphylococcus , micrococcus , biology , strain (injury) , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , antibacterial agent , escherichia coli , antibiotics , genetics , anatomy , gene
Clinical isolates of coagulase‐negative cocci identified as members of the family Micrococcaceae , were tested for production of enterotoxin A, B, and C in broth culture by the use of an ELISA method. Out of 117 strains tested, 12 were enterotoxin producers, of which 4 strains belonged to the genus Staphylococcus and 8 strains to the genus Micrococcus . Except for one strain producing all three types of enterotoxin, the strains produced toxins of type A (5 strains) or type C (6 strains).