Serological characterization of phages of coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Selected 22 phages of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested against group-specific antisera for Staphylococcus aureus phages using a neutralization test. Fourteen of the tested phages were classified into the serological group B and one into the group F. All other phages were resistant to the antisera against S. aureus phages but cross-reacted with the antisera produced against themselves. Therefore they could be joined together into a new serological group of the staphylococcal phages.
D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D003030:Coagulase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000201:enzymology; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages / Q000276:immunology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
D003030:Coagulase