title: Identification of Staphylococcus species of bovine origin with the DMS Staph-Trac system.
abstract: The DMS Staph-Trac system was evaluated as a means for identifying the species of bovine strains of staphylococci routinely isolated from quarter-milk samples. The species identity of 83 of 91 (91.2%) isolates of staphylococci was correctly determined by this method. One isolate could not be identified by this system. The Staph-Trac system was able to distinguish between Staphylococcus hyicus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. We obtained a higher percentage of correct identifications with the DMS Staph-Trac system (91.2%) than we did in a previous study with the API Staph-Ident system (45.1%), using the same isolates (Langlois et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 18:1212-1219, 1983).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002417:Cattle; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D011934:Reagent Strips; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips