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. 1980 Jan;39(1):17–19. doi: 10.1128/aem.39.1.17-19.1980

Accelerated procedure for the enumeration and identification of food-borne Staphylococcus aureus.

R V Lachica
PMCID: PMC291276  PMID: 6986848

Abstract

A procedure was developed for accelerating to 29 h the enumeration and identification of both healthy and stressed cells of Staphylococcus aureus in foods. Baird-Parker agar medium was incubated for 24 h; S. aureus was identified within 5 additional h by using a simplified thermonuclease test.

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