Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 66:120-123
ISSN:
0732-8893
DOI:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.028
Popis:
The coagulase-negative Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a bacterium similar to Staphylococcus aureus, produces tannase that degrades tannin. We developed a polymerase chain reaction-based method to rapidly and simply identify this species by detecting the tanA gene for S. lugdunensis tannase.