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J Bacteriol. 1963 November; 86(5): 1052-1056
Copyright © 1963, The Williams & Wilkins Company. All Rights Reserved.

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

The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York

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.