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In laboratory we are doing a study on Staphylococcal carriers and whether or not the carry Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that is a normal element of the skin and inside the nose. Some people can carry Staphylococcus and not be infected by it. The two major species of Staphylococcus are Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermis, the difference is distinguished between the fermentation of mannitol salt agar. Staphylococcus aureus will ferment mannitol and …

…was expecting the bacteria to have a higher resistance than it actually came out to be. My logic behind this is that the bacteria is on the skin and the skin is usually washed or cleaned a lot, thus making it more resistant to certain anti-microbial substances because of a high exposed rate. The story the results tell me is that almost all of the results are resistant to at least one of the antibiotics.