Ah Tow, LemeseCowan, Donald A.2010-09-212010-09-212003Ah Tow, L., Cowan, D.A. (2003). Non-specificity of Staphylococcus generic primers. Microbiology, 149:1605-1607.http://hdl.handle.net/10566/143Published as a "Microbiology Comment": this provides a platform for readers of Microbiology to communicate their personal observations and opinions in a more informal way than through the submission of papers.Our results allow us to conclude that there appears to be significant conservation between the tuf genes of Planococcus, Planomicrobium and Staphylococcus spp., and that although the primer set TstaG422/TStag765 has been shown to possess high specificity, its use for the definitive identification of Staphylococcus spp. must be treated with some caution.enCopyright © 2003 Society for General Microbiology. Society permits author to deposit publisher pdf.StaphylococcusNon-specificityTuf primersAntarcticaDry valleysPlanococcusOther