TABLE 1.

Initial identification scheme^a used for identification of non-beta-hemolytic, catalase-negative, gram-positive cocci recovered from milk specimens

Strain identification	Result from test:
	CAMP	ESC	NaCl	RAF	Lancefield group
Enterococcus spp.	NAb	+	+	−	NA
S. uberis	−Vc	+	−	−	NA
S. bovis	−	+	−	+	NA
S. dysgalactiae	−	−V	−	−	C

^aAdapted from reference 6 with permission of the publisher.

^bNA, not applicable.

^c−V, 80 to 90% were negative.