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. 1963 Nov;86(5):1052–1056. doi: 10.1128/jb.86.5.1052-1056.1963

PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS: CORRELATION OF ENZYME PRODUCTION WITH RESISTANCE TO PENICILLIN AND PHAGE PATTERN

Frances D Cannon 1, Clinton V Z Hawn 1
PMCID: PMC278565  PMID: 14080771

Abstract

Cannon, Frances D. (The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, N.Y.), and Clinton V. Z. Hawn. Phosphatase activity of Staphylococcus aureus: correlation of enzyme production with resistance to penicillin and phage pattern. J. Bacteriol. 86:1052–1056. 1963.—A simplified method for the determination of the phosphatase activity in different strains of staphylococci is described. The relationship between phosphatase production and penicillin resistance was studied and found inconstant. A close relationship between phosphatase production and phage group and type was observed.

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