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Correlation of Staphylococcal Bacteriophage Types to L-Form Colony Production

¹ Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23219

ABSTRACT

The ability of 258 strains of Staphylococcus aureus and 132 strains of S. epidermidis to produce L-form colonies in a standard environment was investigated. Production of these colonies by S. aureus was correlated with their phage type. Phage type 7 strains produced L-form colonies in larger numbers and more consistently than those of phage type 80/81. No L-form colonies were produced by the S. epidermidis strains tested.