We find it most interesting in the report of Johnson et al. (1) that Staphylococcus saprophyticus strains, which comprised the second most frequent representative of their collection of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), were included in all upfront calculations of the performance of the Vitek GP67 cefoxitin/ oxacillin screen for the detection of methicillin-resistant CoNS (see the abstra...

Acute urinary tract infections in young women attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases were caused by the same bacteria, in the same proportions, as those that caused infections in women students. Staphylococcus saprophyticus biotype 3 (formerly called Micrococcus subgroup 3) was the commonest organism after coliform bacilli and caused about 30% of the infections. It was uncommon in...

Hybrid sturgeon is an important economic fish species in China. In 2021, a bacterium was isolated from the liver and kidneys of freshwater-farmed hybrid Yichang City, Hubei Province, causing disease with high mortality surface bleeding. Through morphological observation, 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis, pathogenicity, antimicrobial sensitivity test, as well serum physiological biochemical it id...

methyl tertiary butyl ether (mtbe) belongs to the group of gasoline oxygenates and persistent environment contaminants, and shows potential for biodegradation in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, through application of pure microbial cultures. presented research shows that indigenous bacterial isolates 6sy and 24p, selected from oil hydrocarbons-contaminated environments, were capable of utiliz...

methyl tertiary butyl ether (mtbe) belongs to the group of gasoline oxygenates and persistent environment contaminants, and shows potential for biodegradation in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, through application of pure microbial cultures. presented research shows that indigenous bacterial isolates 6sy and 24p, selected from oil hydrocarbons-contaminated environments, were capable of utili...

Twenty-four Staphylococcus species or subspecies were examined for their susceptibilities to the fluoroquinolone fleroxacin (Ro 23-6240) by disk diffusion (5-micrograms disk) and by agar dilution for the determination of MICs. Resistant strains were further tested for their susceptibilities to oxacillin and the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin. Reference strains of the novobiocin-resistant species...