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. 1979 Nov;10(5):752–753. doi: 10.1128/jcm.10.5.752-753.1979

Occurrence of protein A in Staphylococcus aureus and closely related Staphylococcus species.

R V Lachica, C A Genigeorgis, P D Hoeprich
PMCID: PMC273259  PMID: 397227

Abstract

All but 1 of 143 strains of Staphylococcus aureus were positive for protein A, whereas all 34 strains of Staphylococcus hyicus and 123 of 127 strains of Staphylococcus intermedius were devoid of this cell wall component.

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