Research Article

Use of a Rapid Acetoin Test in the Identification of Staphylococci and Micrococci

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23(3):281 · https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-23-3-281

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Abstract

In 269 parallel acetoin tests upon 212 strains of staphylococci and micrococci, 227 were positive by the 14-day tube method and 213 by a 2-day paper-disk method. Both tests showed the same percentage error in primary results.