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Staphylococcus aureus - NRS77
Other designations ( NCTC 8325; RN1 )
Demographic Information:
 Country/State: United Kingdom  Date of Isolation: 01/01/1960
 Patient Age: N/A  Gender: N/A
 Patient Location: N/A  Patient Service: N/A
 Culture Source: Other (N/A)
 Phenotypic Properties:  non-pigmented, agr group I
 Genotypic Properties:  rsbU-, hib-, agr+, sak+
 Literature Citation:  Novick, R. "Properties of a cryptic high-frequency transducing phage in Staphylococcus aureus." Virology 1967;33:155-166.
 Comment: Procured from Dr. J. Iandolo. RN1 was used by Dr. R. Novick as standard strain in laboratory research for typing phage 47.
 Description:  Strain sequenced at Univ. of Oklahoma
 Repositories: Genome Sequenced Strains
Research Strains

S = Susceptible; R = Resistant; NS = Not Susceptible; I =Intermediate; N/A = Not Available P= Pending results
NARSA Antimicrobial Profile for Other Antimicrobial Agents Molecular Characterization Data
Drug MIC (mg/ml) CLSI Interptn
Ciprofloxacin = 0.25 S
Clindamycin = 0.06 S
Erythromycin = 0.25 S
Gentamicin = 1 S
Linezolid = 1 S
Oxacillin = 0.25 S
Penicillin = 0.03 S
Quinupristin/dalfopristin = 0.25 S
Teicoplanin = 0.5 S
Trimeth/sulfa <= 0.25/4.75 S
Vancomycin = 1 S
PCR Result
mecA NEGATIVE