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Which battery of media would be best for urine or wound cultures when a Proteus mirabilis is suspected?

The gram negative bacillus was recovered from a urine of a child with recurring UTIs. It was oxidase negative, lactose negative, phenylalanine positive and indole positive. The most likely identification is:

Shigella sonnei is suspected in a nursery outbreak of diarrhea. Which test result would most likely be wrong for Shigella sonnei?

An enteric isolated from a sputum produced mucoid, purple colonies on EMB that produced a pink color when tested with DMAC spot indole reagent. The most likely pathogen:

What rapid test should be done next on the isolate to rule in or out E. coli?

Acinetobacter baumannii is different from Pseudomonas aeruginosa because Acinetobacter is:

A nonfermenter that is motile by peritrichous flagellae:

Which media is required for the primary isolation of Bordetella pertussis?

Tiny gram positive coccobacilli produce umbrella motility on test medium incubated at 25o C. They are also catalase and CAMP test positive. What is the most likely identification?

The bacteria that is not paired with its distinctive colony odor?