@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-4-3-375, author = "Holt, R. J.", title = "Lysozyme Production By Staphylococci And Micrococci", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1971", volume = "4", number = "3", pages = "375-379", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-4-3-375", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-4-3-375", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY Lysozyme production by members of the Micrococeaceae was tested for by a plate method. All coagulase-positive staphylococci and a number of other staphylococci and micrococci produced lysozyme. Many coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci from infections of the urinary tract produced lysozyme, particularly those belonging to Micrococcus subgroup 3 in Baird-Parker’s scheme, but lysozyme production was more frequent in urinary than in skin strains, not only in this subgroup but in several other subgroups of staphylococci and micrococci. Coagulase-negative staphylococci that colonised internal artificial prostheses rarely produced lysozyme. It is suggested that cocci that cause indolent colonisation of internal prostheses are not pathogenic in the conventional sense.", }