As their name implies, the most conspicuous feature of SCVs is their colony size — SCVs form ... we highlight that S. aureus SCVs can also cause aggressive infections in humans and animal ...

Now for the first time the scientists have shown that S. aureus, a spherical bacterium ... like structures that emerge from the central colony of bacteria. Using high powered microscopy, we ...

For isolation and identification of S. aureus, growth was monitored on differential and selective media; for example, Manitol Salt Agar (BioM, Durham, NC, USA), Staph-chromo agar (Merck ...