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. 1971 Nov;4(5):656–657. doi: 10.1128/iai.4.5.656-657.1971

Compact-Type Growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains in Serum-Soft Agar

Kosaku Yoshida 1,2, Melvin R Smith 1,2,1, Yoshiko Naito 1,2
PMCID: PMC416366  PMID: 5154898

Abstract

Of 120 Staphylococcus epidermidis strains tested, 25.8% were of the compact type in serum-soft agar. Compact variants showed higher production of metabolites than counterpart diffuse variants.

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