Accession Number:
AD0686735
Title:
PATHOGENIC PROPERTIES OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AS INFLUENCED BY CULTURE CONDITIONS
Descriptive Note:
Rept. for 1 Jan-31 Mar 1968
Corporate Author:
SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE BROOKS AFB TX
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Report Date:
1969-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
11.0
Abstract:
Broth cultures of Staphylococcus aureus were treated with 100 oxygen or room air and constantly agitated on a mechanical shaker to determine the effect on coagulase, hemolysin, Phosphatase, fibrinolysin, lipase. DNase, and hyaluronidase. Elevated coagulase titers and increased phosphatase activity closely paralleled a simultaneous increase in bacterial cell count. Hemolysin activity of the oxygenated culture decreased. Lipase activity was measurable from the 7th and 14th days for oxygen and air-treated cultures, respectively. Evidence of fibrinolysin or hyaluronidase could not be shown. No apparent increase of DNase was demonstrated.
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Subject Categories:
- Microbiology