Rapid distinction between micrococci and staphylococci with furazolidone agars

✍ Scribed by K. E. Rheinbaben; R. M. Hadlok

• Book ID: 104757256
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 499 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6072
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00399065

✦ Synopsis

Furazolidone agar proved to be a suitable medium for separating strains of the genera Micrococcus and Staphylococcus. 720 isolates (including 24 type strains) of gram-and catalase-positive cocci were tested for growth on tryptone soya and peptone agar with the addition of 50 ~tg/ml furazolidone. The results were compared with the classification obtained by the standard-O/F-test and by the test system of Schleifer and Kloos.

For routine identification and separation of staphylococci from micrococci a peptone agar with 20 ~tg furazolidone/ml is recommended.