Staphylococcus epidermidis

Assay of antibiotics (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission;British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003. European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbiological assay of antibiotics. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission;European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.7.2, 1997. U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters; 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. Microbial assay for antibiotics. Tokyo, Japan:Japanese Pharmacopoeia;JP JP14e.part I.34. Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Antimicrobial Formulations by the Agar Patch Technique. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International; ASTM Standard Test Method E 1882-05). Assay of neomycin (Neomycin in Feeds -- Stahl Microbiological Agar Diffusion Assay. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 998.02). Media testing (Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard - 3rd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M22-A3. Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --- Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media --- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media - Annex B: Recommended test microorganisms for commonly used culture media, :International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 11133-2:2003. ISO/CD 11133:2009, Annex E. Test microorganisms for commonly used culture media (giving information on the culture medium, culture conditions, test microorganisms, culture collection number of test organisms and the expected reactions). Assay of preservatives (Efficacy of Preservation on Non-Eye Area Water-Miscible Cosmetic and Toiletry Formaulations. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International;AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 998.10). Quality control strain for VITEK 2 BCL Comprehensive QC Set. bioMerieux, BD Crystal Rapid Gram-Positive QC Set. BD Becton Dickinson and BD MAX™ StaphSR Assay. BD Becton Dickinson. Virulence genes (Zhang YQ, et al. Genome-based analysis of virulence genes in a non-biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis strain (ATCC 12228). Mol. Microbiol. 49: 1577-1593, 2003. PubMed: 12950922)