COAGULASE-NEGATIVE MUTANTS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS: GENETIC STUDIES.
Korman, Ruth Z. (Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.). Coagulase-negative mutants of Staphylococcus aureus: genetic studies. J. Bacteriol. 86:363-369. 1963.-The behavior in mutation and transduction of pleiotropic coagulase-negative mutants of Staphylococcus aureus PS 53 (NCTC 8511) was analyzed. Coagulase-positive colonies were recovered, as well as a novel phenotype resistant to some cell-wall inhibitors and differing in sugar fermentation pattern. The hypothesis that the coagulase-negative strains differ from the original propagating strain in the structure or organization of the cell wall is discussed.
D002241:Carbohydrates; D002473:Cell Wall; D003030:Coagulase; D006867:Hydrolases; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D012106:Research; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013210:Staphylococcus; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
D002241:Carbohydrates; D003030:Coagulase; D006867:Hydrolases
EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; HYDROLASES; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS