Organisms That Have the Following Characteristics-Aerobic Growth, Nonhemolytic Colonies 2 $\mu$

question 8

Multiple Choice

Organisms that have the following characteristics-aerobic growth, nonhemolytic colonies 2 to 5 $\mu$ m in diameter, catalase positive, nonmotile, large gram-positive bacilli recovered from lesions, blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or lymph nodes-can be presumptively identified as

• A) Brucella mallei.
• B) Bacillus anthracis.
• C) Yersinia pestis.
• D) Burkholderia cepacia.

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