Staphylococcus aureus 金黃葡萄球菌
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive coccus which appears in pairs, short chains, or grape-like clusters under microscopic examination. Some strains of S. aureus are capable of producing a highly heat-stable toxin that causes illness in humans.
S. aureus exists in environmental samples (air, sewage, and water), food, environmental surfaces, humans, and animals. Humans and animals are the primary reservoirs. Although food handlers are usually the main source of food contamination, equipment and environmental surfaces can also be sources of contamination with S. aureus.
As S. aureus is one of the most common food pathogen, routine testing of your food products is highly recommended. Beside food testing, our laboratory offers on-site swab testing service, which could detect the presence of S. aureus on food equipment, environmental surfaces, and hands of food handlers.
Ref.: CFS, HONG KONG
Enviro Labs - HOKLAS Accredited Methods:
AOAC Official Method 2003.07
AOAC Official Method 2003.08
AOAC Official Method 2003.11
金黃葡萄球菌（S. aureus ）是一種兼性厭氧革蘭氏陽性球菌。在顯微鏡下、通常出現雙、短鏈或葡萄狀簇。有些金黃葡萄球菌有能力生產出耐熱穩定毒素，導致人類患病。
金黃葡萄球菌存在於環境（空氣、污水、水）、食品、環境表面、人類和動物。人類和動物是主要的細菌溫床。雖然食物處理手法通常是食品污染的主要根源，設備和環境表面也可以是金黃葡萄球菌的污染來源。
由於金黃葡萄球菌是一種最常見的食物致病菌，常規測試你的食品是值得推薦。除了食品檢測，我們的實驗室提供現場拭子測試服務，可以檢測出金黃葡萄球菌是否存在食品設備、環境表面、和食物處理者的手上。
環境化驗有限公司（ELL）已取得檢驗食品中的金黃葡萄球菌的 HOKLAS 認可資格。如果對我們的測試服務有任何查詢，請致電 26762983 或 發送電子郵件至 info@envirolabs.com.hk 了解詳情。
參考: 香港食物安全中心
環境化驗 HOKLAS 認可方法:
AOAC Official Method 2003.07
AOAC Official Method 2003.08
AOAC Official Method 2003.11