Enterotoxin B formation by fermentation mutants of Staphylococcus aureus
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 22 (2) , 182-188
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m76-025
Abstract
An appreciable fraction of carbohydrate-negative (car) mutants of Staphylococcus aureus strains ATCC 14458,778, and S-6 exhibit increased enterotoxin B (SEB) production. In addition, some lac and mtl mutants of these strains also display enhanced SEB formation. All such mutants appear to be point mutations. Mutagen-induced reversions of high SEB producing car, mtl, or lac mutants yield varying amounts of SEB and some clones seem to be restored to the characteristics of the parent type. A few sequentially isolated lac, mtl double mutants of strain 778 elaborate much more or much less SEB than either the lac or the mtl single mutants.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- MEDIUM FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF ACID PRODUCING COLONIES OF STAPHYLOCOCCIJournal of Bacteriology, 1958