Folia Microbiologica

, Volume 36, Issue 6, pp 582–584 | Cite as

Rapid method for detecting thermostable nuclease in staphylococci

  • V. Růžičková
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Abstract

A rapid test for the detection of staphylococcal thermostable nuclease (TNase) is described. The procedure consists of heat inactivation of solid cultures of staphylococci and microslide agar diffusion technique in toluidine blue agar containing deoxyribonucleic acid. Using this method the results are obtained about 1 d sooner than with the conventional method.

Keywords

Rapid Method Agar Layer Heat Inactivation Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Aureus Strain 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • V. Růžičková
    • 1
  1. 1.Research Institute of Veterinary MedicineBrnoCzechoslovakia

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