A Microbiologist Observes Culture Plates That Have Larger Nonpigmented Gray

question 25

Multiple Choice

A microbiologist observes culture plates that have larger nonpigmented gray colonies at 24 hours that are indole-negative, nonmotile, catalase-positive, and resistant to polymyxin B disks.The Gram stain shows this is a gram-negative coccobacilli.What is the most probable organism?

• A)Francisella tularensis
• B)Brucella mallei
• C)Yersinia pestis
• D)Burkholderia cepacia

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