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Biochemical activity of staphylococci isolated during bacteriological survey of catering establishments.

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Title Biochemical activity of staphylococci isolated during bacteriological survey of catering establishments.
 
Creator Dwarakanath, C. T.
Sreenivasa Murthy, V.
 
Subject 10 Food Microorganisms
 
Description Out of 132 strains of Stapllylococci isolated during bacteriological survey or catering establishments, 43 (32.57%) were
coagulase positive, which were evaluated for TNase activity, enterotoxigenicity, antibiotic sensitivity, phage typing,
lysostaphin sensitivity, mannitol fermentation and phosphatase reaction. Thirty seven isolates (86.04 %) were positive for
TNase activity; 18 out of the 40 coagulase positive isolates (45.00%) elaborated enterotoxin types A-E and AB, predominantly
A type. Lysostaphin sensitivity and phosphatase reactions were 88.8 and 94.4 % respectively among enterotoxigenic
types. Majority of the typable isolates showed iii and IV group phage reactions which are known to include
enterotoxigenic types. Antibiotic sensitivity showed 92.67~~ resistance towards penicillin among the coagulase positive
types and 98.87 and 17.97% resistance towards penicillin and lincomycin respectively among coagulase negative types.
This observation clearly points to the indiscriminate use of antibiotics leading to the prevalence or drug resistant Staphylococci in catering establisbments.
 
Date 1984
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Dwarakanath, C. T. and Sreenivasa Murthy, V. (1984) Biochemical activity of staphylococci isolated during bacteriological survey of catering establishments. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 21 (1). 1-5, 23 ref..