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Differentiate between staphylococcus and streptococcus species in terms of morphology,biochemical test and culture?

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Staph vs Strep: This is a complex subject that is not conducive to extensive discussion here. Suggest you get a microbiology text. Staphylococci are larger and grow more in clumps than chains. Staph that produce coagulase are species aureus, the others are a wide variety of less pathogenic organisms except for lugdenensis which has characteristics of aureus in producing disease.

Answered 8/24/2015

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