S2014
Sigma

Staphylococcus aureus

buffered aqueous suspension, Wood 46 strain

Descriptions

Analysis Note

This strain binds less than 10% of the rabbit IgG bound by P 7155 as assayed by a modification of the method of Kessler¹.

Application

(Not intended for use as a starter culture.)

Wood 46, a non-protein A producing S. aureus strain², prepared by the same method as P7155 (Protein A, crude cell suspension-Cowan strain), may be used as a control in protein A-immunoglobulin binding studies.

Preparation Note

Produced in pure culture.

Physical form

Formalin-fixed crude cell suspension of essentially non-viable S. aureus (Wood 46 strain) in 0.05 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.5, containing 0.2% sodium azide

Properties

sterility

Not processed or packaged aseptically

form

buffered aqueous suspension

composition

Cell suspension, ~10% wet weight/volume

storage temp.

2-8°C

References

Cited Reference

1. Kessler, S.W. J. Immunol. 117, 1482, (1976) abstract