Article
A study of phenotypic variation of Staphylococcus epidermidis using Congo red agar.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 1992
Deighton M A, Capstick J, Borland R
Abstract excerpt
This study examines a series of phenotypic variants of Staphylococcus epidermidis that were generated from a pair of parent variants, isolated from valvular tissue of a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis. The variants were initially classified by examining their colonial morphology on Congo red agar. In addition to differences in Congo red binding and colonial morphology, they differed in the expression...
Topics
- Agar
- Congo Red
- Genetic Variation
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Phenotype
- Prevalence
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Virulence