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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1962 March; 10(2): 176-179

An Infrared Spectrophotometric Study of Some Strains of Staphylococcus aureus^1,2

Department of Bacteriology and Public Health and the Department of Botany, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

ABSTRACT

A method of obtaining expanded differential spectra of staphylococcal strains for comparative studies is described. Some differences found through the comparison of a large number of strains isolated from humans, turkeys, and other hosts are shown. No spectral characteristics that would associate a particular strain with its host were discerned. Differences in the strength of a band at 11.6 to 11.7 µ allowed division of the strains examined into two groups.

¹ Journal paper no. 179 from the Utah Agriculture Experiment Station, Logan, Utah.

² Supported by grants-in-aid by the Utah Turkey Federation and American Cyanamid Chemical Corporation, New York, N. Y.