CRBIP-Catalogue

Strain : CRBIP21.40 - Staphylococcus aureus aureus

Identifier in the collection :

CRBIP21.40

Taxonomic name :

Staphylococcus aureus aureus

Collection :

STAPH

Type of microorganism :

Bacteria

Geographical origin :

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Geographical origin :

London

Temperature :

37 °C

Atmosphere of incubation :

Aerobic

Bibliography :

Lancet, 1966, 1(7442), 835, pmid:4159958; J. Bacteriol, 2005, 187(7), 2426, pmid:15774886

Genotype :

mecA, tet(K), hlb, seb, sek, seq

Official risk group :

History :

2008, O. Chesneau, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France: strain IPF781 (COL)

Properties :

Resistant to methicillin. The name COL is an abbreviation of Colindale (The Central Public Health Laboratory), probably strain 9204 that was isolated from the air of an operating theatre in an English hospital. Isolated in the early 1960s as one of the first MRSA isolates.

Packaging :

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