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363. Studies in the bacteriology of milk: II. The staphylococci and micrococci of milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Y. Abd-El-Malek  and
T. Gibson
Y. Abd-El-Malek
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, College of Agriculture, Edinburgh
T. Gibson
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, College of Agriculture, Edinburgh
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A study of 799 cultures of staphylococci and micrococci, isolated mainly from milk, showed that according to their general character the strains could be arranged in a virtually continuous series. At one extreme is the pathogenic staphylococcus and at the other a thermoduric saprophyte. The series consists of three main groups:

(1) The staphylococcus group in which the organisms are sugar fermenters and relatively sensitive to heat. They are, mainly at least, parasites of the animal body. Four subgroups are distinguishable. In three ammonia is formed from arginine, and in two acetoin is formed from glucose. A test for acetoin production defines those mannitol fermenters which do not produce coagulase.

(2) An intermediate group in which the organisms are obligate aerobes and do not produce acid from sugars.

(3) The dairy micrococci, a group of thermoduric sugar fermenters which occur frequently on dairy equipment and in pasteurized milk. The group comprises two species conforming to Micrococcus luteus Cohn emend. Lehmann & Neumann, and M. varians (Dyar) Migula.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , August 1948 , pp. 249 - 260
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1948

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