Micrococcus luteus
PTCC No:
1169
Other collection No. ::
ATCC 10240, CCM 732, ATCC 10786, FDA 16, NCTC 7743, NCIB 8166, IFO 3242, PCI 1216, DSM 1790
Category:
Quality control strains
Reference strains
Medium:
Culture condition:
26 °C
Information:
<- ATCC <- Commercial Solvent Corp., 130.21 (deposited as Micrococcus flavus). Isolated from air. Murein: A11.pep. Cylinder plate assay of bacitracin in body fluid, feeds, milk and pharmaceutical preparations. Used for benzalkonium chloride, phenylmercuric acetate, phenylmercuric nitrate, and thimerosal assay. Quality control strain.
Literature:
Taxonomy/ description (Int J Syst Bacteriol 1972, 22: 224-227). Assay of antibiotics Microbial assay for antibiotics. Tokyo, Japan:Japanese Pharmacopoeia;JP JP14e.part I.34). Assay of bacitracin (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission ;British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003; AOAC International Bacitracin-MD (BMD) in complete feed, microbiological plate assay method. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 993.29; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbiological assay of antibiotics. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission; European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.7.2, 1997; U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters; <81> Antibiotics-Microbial Assays. Rockville, MD: U.S. Pharmacopeia; USP USP34-NF29, 2011; AOAC International Antibiotics in feeds, microbiological methods. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 957.23; AOAC International Bacitracin in premix feeds. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 982.43). Quality control strain (Applied Biosystems, MicroSeq Pharmaceutical Validation Panel).
Supplied as:
Freeze-dried
Risk group:
1