Staphylococcus aureus

PTCC No: 
1113
Other collection No. :: 
ATCC 9144, NCIB 6571, NRRL B-314, NCTC 6571, WDCM 00035
Category: 
Reference strains
Culture condition: 
37°C, Aerobic
Information: 
<- ATCC <- Merck & Co., Inc. <- N. Heatley (3R7089 strain Oxford). Used in assay of chlortetracycline aureomycin, demeclocycline, demethylchlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, terramycin, tetracycline, tobramycin, tylosin. Testing of iodophores. Used in enteric research, food testing and water testing. Recommended as a test microorganism for EP 2.7.2 Microbiological Assays of Antibiotics. Recommended as a test microorganism for USP <81> Antibiotics-Microbial Assays
Literature: 

Assay of chlortetracycline, aureomycin (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK: British Pharmacopoeia Commission; British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003; AOAC International Chlortetracycline HCl in feeds, turbidimetric method. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 977.37). Assay of demeclocycline, demethylchlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, terramycin, tetracycline (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK: British Pharmacopoeia Commission; British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003). Assay of tobramycin (European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbiological assay of antibiotics. Strasbourg, France: European Pharmacopoeia Commission; European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.7.2, 1997), aassay of tylosin (U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters; <81> ANTIBIOTICS-MICROBIAL ASSAYS. Rockville, MD: U.S. Pharmacopeia; USP USP28-NF23, 2005; British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK: British Pharmacopoeia Commission; British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003). Water testing (Water microbiology. Method 16: Bactericidal efficiency of water disinfecting tablets. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS/NZS 4276.16:1999; Water microbiology. Method 20: Examination for coagulase positive staphylococci, including Staphylococcus aureus, by memebrane filtration. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS/NZS 4276.20:2003, Corry, JEL, Curtis, GDW and Baird, RM (Eds) Handbook of Culture Media for Food and Water Microbiology. Royal Society of Chemistry, In preparation. ICFMH-WPCM.). Testing iodophores (Iodophors for use in the dairying industry. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS 1398-1998)

Supplied as: 
Freeze-dried
Risk group: 
2