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From the areas listed below select the response where both areas would likely contain normal microbial flora.

 24. Neisseria species can be identified and differentiated by bile-esculin hydrolysis carbohydrate utilization nitrate test oxidase test

21, A gram-negative, “kidney bean” cellular morphology is a distinguishing characteristic of _____. 1. Neisseria species 2. Haemophilus species 3. Streptococcus species 4. Bartonella species

40. A Staphylococcus species recovered from a wound (cellulitis) was negative for the slide coagulase test (clumping factor) and negative for novobiocin resistance.  The next test(s) needed for identification is (are): tube coagulase test beta-hemolysis on blood agar mannitol-salt agar plate all listed answers 

All of the following members of the enterobacteriacese are non-lactose fermenters except

Twenty patients on a surgical ward develop urinary tract infections after catheterization.  In each instance, the isolated organism grows sheep blood agar as a large, gray colony, and on MacConkey agar as a large, flat, pink colony.  The oxidase-negative, gram-negative rod produces the same biotype and is resistant only to tetracycline.  Additional biochemical results are as follows:               Phenylalanine deaminase (PAD): negative             Urease: negative             Hydrogen sulfide (H2S): negative             Lysine decarboxylase: positive             Ornithine decarboxylase: positive             Indole: positive             Citrate: negative

A distinct characteristic of this member of the enterobacteriaceae is that it produces a colony on non-selective media that has a red to pink pigment

 Christensen’s media is used to detect ______ production in biopsy material tested for H. pylori.

Which of the following DOES NOT grow on BAP nor CHOC agar.

Legionnaire’s disease is primarily a ___ infection.