Production of coagulase, deoxyribonuclease and heat-stable deoxyribonuclease by canine isolates of staphylococci.
Staphylococci isolated from different infections in dogs have been investigated for production of coagulase, deoxyribonuclease (DNase) and heat-stable DNase. Alll coagulase-positive strains (220) also produced DNase and heat-stable nuclease. However, 4 out of 15 coagulase-negative strains were also positive in both the DNase and the heat-stable DNase tests. Several tests for DNase and heat-stable DNase were evaluated. No strains were DNase-positive, heat-stable DNase-negative, or vice-versa.
D000818:Animals; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism*; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D006358:Hot Temperature; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000201:enzymology*
D003030:Coagulase; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases