%0 Journal Article %A Holt, R. J. %T Lysozyme Production By Staphylococci And Micrococci %D 1971 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 4 %N 3 %P 375-379 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-4-3-375 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-4-3-375