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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1972 July; 24(1): 44-47
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Pneumococci Producing Beta Hemolysis on Agar

Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, The Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, New York 10456
Department of Microbiology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029

ABSTRACT

Fifty-six strains of pneumococci were studied for hemolysis on blood-agar Twenty-two (39%) of these strains produced beta hemolysis on agar containing horse red cells, six (11%) were beta hemolytic for sheep cells, and none lysed human or rabbit red cells. The substance producing beta hemolysis appeared after 24 hr of anaerobic incubation. Subsequent exposure to air at low temperature (6 to 20 C) for 48 hr was needed to activate it. There was no relation between serological type and beta hemolysis production. This substance appears to be different from the pneumococcal hemolysin previously described.