The application of numerical taxonomy in the classification of staphylococci from bovine milk

dc.contributor.authorErasmus, J.A.
dc.contributor.editorBigalke, R.D.
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-30T06:25:57Z
dc.date.available2015-11-30T06:25:57Z
dc.date.created2015
dc.date.issued1983
dc.descriptionThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractOne-hundred-and-two isolates of staphylococci from bovine milk were each subjected to a battery of 19 different tests. With the application of numerical taxonomy these isolates could be classified into 1 genus and 3 different species. Although the majority of the coagulase negative organisms were grouped as 1 species, the biochemical differences within this group indicated that they should belong to at least 2 species. About 50% of these isolates could be designated Staphylococcus epidermidis. Possibly because of the small number of tests, a finer division into different species could not be made. The coagulase-positive organisms could be divided into 2 species, the smaller group of which consisted of 3 isolates only. If used as the only method for identification, the coagulase test produces false positive results at a rate of about 2,5% of cases and false negative results at a rate of about 1,7%.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationErasmus, JA 1983, 'The application of numerical taxonomy in the classification of staphylococci from bovine milk’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 291-293.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0330-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/50969
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherPretoria : Government Printeren_ZA
dc.rights©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).en_ZA
dc.subjectVeterinary medicineen_ZA
dc.subjectStaphylococcien_ZA
dc.subjectCattleen_ZA
dc.subjectMilken_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.titleThe application of numerical taxonomy in the classification of staphylococci from bovine milken_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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