%0 Journal Article %A DAVIS, G. H. G. %A HOYLING, BERYL %T Use of a Rapid Acetoin Test in the Identification of Staphylococci and Micrococci %D 1973 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 23 %N 3 %P 281-282 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-23-3-281 %I Microbiology Society, %X In 269 parallel acetoin tests upon 212 strains of staphylococci and micrococci, 227 were positive by the 14-day tube method and 213 by a 2-day paper-disk method. Both tests showed the same percentage error in primary results. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-23-3-281