%0 Journal Article %A Cooper, P. D. %T The Study of Cell Rupture in Staphylococcus aureus %D 1953 %J Microbiology, %V 9 %N 2 %P 199-206 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-9-2-199 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY: In order to prepare staphylococcal cell walls as free as possible from intact organisms yet with minimum chemical and mechanical degradation, a rapid turbidimetric method was developed to measure the proportion of staphylococci ruptured by shaking with glass beads. The assay took less than a minute, and was used to find the bacterial concentration and speed and time of shaking which gave the biggest yields of cell walls in the shortest time. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-9-2-199