A simple and cost-effective cover-glass test for the differentiation between staphylococci and micrococci in clinical laboratory

作者：Melter Oto^*; Tkadlec Jan; Sedlacek Ivo

来源：Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2012, 89(3): 213-215.

DOI：10.1016/j.mimet.2012.03.006

• Cover-glass test
• Differentiation
• Staphylococci
• Micrococci

A cover-glass placed on a heavily inoculated culture plate clearly differentiates facultatively anaerobic staphylococci growing underneath the cover-glass after overnight incubation from nongrowing aerobic micrococci. Even if there are some exceptions, all medically significant staphylococci can grow in the test. Thus, the test provides a cost-effective and highly specific tool for separation of both genera which fundamentally differ in their pathogenicity.

• 出版日期2012-6