Abstract

Fourteen strains of catalase-positive, Gram-positive and coagulase-negative cocci that were sensitive to 20 micrograms/ml of furazolidone were isolated from goats and sheep. Two of the strains had glycerol with glucose teichoic acids whilst another possessed glycerol, glucose, glucosamine and acetylglucosamine teichoic acids. Six strains had peptidoglycan type L-Lys-Ala-Gly4 peculiar to Staphylococcus sciuri and Staph. lentus but other phenotypic characters were different from those of Staph. sciuri and Staph. lentus. The guanine plus cytosine (G + C) content of the DNA determined for three of the strains examined ranged from 32.9-34.6 mol %. The coagulase-positive staphylococcal strain of caprine origin examined had glycerol and glucosamine teichoic acids in addition to peptidoglycan type L-Lys-Gly5-6. The characteristics of the strains of staphylococci described herein are different from those already described in the literature.

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