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The direct Gram stain of an anaerobic wound culture reveals gram-positive cocci in clusters. The aerobic agar plates show no growth, while a small white colony grows on the reducible blood agar plate. The organism provides the following reactions:
         Vancomycin (5 µg): 15 mm      Indole: no color change
         Colisitin (10 µg): 2 mm           Nitrate: red after zinc
         15% Catalase: no bubbles        Esculin: negative
         SPS disk: 3 mm
The organism is
     a. Staphylococcus spp.
     b. Fingoldia magna.
     c. Peptostreptococcus anaerobius.
     d. Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus.

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Clinical Laboratory Microbiology: A Practical Approach

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Authors: Kiser, Payne, Taff

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