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What disk is presumptively used to identify Peptostreptococcus anaerobius?

An infant is taken to the emergency room because of respiratory distress, paralysis and a feeble cry.  The patient’s mother mentions that she fed the infant milk containing honey.  Based on the information, what is the most likely organism to suspect?

Hektoen-enteric (HE) and xylose lysine desoxycholate (XLD) agars are:

Prior to their merger, Daimler and Chrysler had not collaborated in any alliance relationship. This probably contributed to the eventual failure of DaimlerChrysler.

Which of the following is a fermentative, gram negative rod that is categorized as a potential biothreat agent?

This is the end of your exam.  Please erase your white board and show the front and back of the board to the camera to confirm that it is blank.  

A laboratory technician plated a stool sample, but was rushing and only plated the sample onto MacConkey agar (she forgot to plate the sample onto blood agar). On MacConkey agar, the organism grew as a colorless colony. What should be the next step performed to aid in the identification of the organism? 

A patient is admitted to the hospital with symptoms of appendicitis. A stool specimen for culture reveals a gram-negative bacillus that is oxidase-negative, catalase-positive, urease-positive, weakly fermentative and is motile at room temperature but non-motile at 35ºC. It is PAD negative and demonstrates K/A without H 2 S on TSIA. The slant of Kligler’s iron agar (KIA) is orange-yellow. These reactions suggest the possibility of:

Sp inal fluid was collected from a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy suspected of having meningitis. The bacteriology laboratory reported that the spinal fluid contained many WBCs and many intracellular and extracellular gram-negative encapsulated rods. A large, mucoid organism grew on 5% sheep blood agar (SBA) and was pink on MAC. Of the following, the organism most likely is:

_____ are rules stipulating that a certain proportion of the value of the goods made in one country must originate from that country.