The influence of carbohydrate-containing media on some biological properties of Staphylococcus aureus.

ABSTRACT

After growth of S. aureus strains on glucose medium all the colonies obtained were negative for coagulase production. About half of the colonies grown on mannitol or maltose media were coagulase negative. Thermostable-nuclease and hemolysin activity were not affected by the carbohydrate media.