title: A comparative study on growth in soft-agar, adherence to glass and haemolysis types of coagulase-negative staphylococci.
abstract: Growth properties of coagulase-negative staphylococci in the presence and in the absence of human and rabbit serum in soft-agar prepared in modified Staphylococcus 110 broth were studied. The adherent growth was examined in modified Staphylococcus 110 broth and 1% glucose-meat broth. Of 100 strains examined 69% exhibited diffuse, 18% compact, 7% transient and 6% mixed growth. Compact type colonies were mainly characteristic of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains. The presence of serum failed to influence the types of colony morphology in any of the strains. Sixty-three percent of the strains showed adherent growth; none of the S. haemolyticus strains produced adherent growth. The glucose-meat broth, unlike modified Staphylococcus 110 broth, was suitable to study adherence. The coincidence of the compact colony morphology in soft-agar and the absence of adherent growth seems to be a taxonomic sign for the species S. haemolyticus and differentiate it from the species Staphylococcus epidermidis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szücs
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sztroj
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papp-Falusi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andirkó
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rédai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rozgonyi
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D005898:Glass; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase; D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar