Talk:Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Suppression of S.Aureus?
I heard a report that some strains of S.epidermis producing a protein called ESP is able to suppress S.aureus (including MRSA).

If so, this probably rates a mention under the "Disease" heading. See: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7296/full/nature09074.html Regards, 211.30.136.240 (talk) 21:07, 23 June 2010 (UTC)Evan Stanbury 211.30.136.240 (talk) 21:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Colonies
I thought S. aureus and not S. epi produced small dark colonies on Baird Parker medium. Am I wrong or is this article?

"A selective medium for the isolation of staphylococci from food samples. Sodium pyruvate protects damaged cells and aids their recovery. Egg yolk emulsion assists in the diagnosis of organisms. Glycine, lithium and tellurite suppress the growth of other bacteria in foods without inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus. S. aureus reduces tellurite to form grey-black shiny colonies and produces clear zones around the colonies due to the proteolytic activity on egg yolk. On further incubation most S. aureus strains produce opaque zones around their colonies due to lipase activity." - Baird Parker Agar - from: NATIONAL STANDARD METHOD BAIRD PARKER AGAR, as foound at: http://www.hpa-standardmethods.org.uk/documents/msop/pdf/msop21.pdf

thanks,

Scott Conlin conlin@hotmail.com

S. epidermidis colonizes normally the surface of the eye
This should be mentioned in the body. SaminTietokirja (talk) 18:06, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

i d k —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.125.124.191 (talk) 01:03, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Reports of a totally antibiotic resistant strain
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-04/superbug-strains-resistant-to-all-known-antibiotics-discovered/10198590 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.136.8.135 (talk) 04:59, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

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