Identifying unknown organism with the following results: Gram positive rod, facu

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Identifying unknown organism with the following results:

Gram positive rod, facultative anaerobe, catalase negative, coagulase negative, indole positive, alpha hemolysis, non-motile, bile esculin negative, starch positive, casein negative, mannitol broth positive, methyl-red positive, citrate negative, nitrate positive, Voges-Proskauer negative, gelatin negative, TSI K/A, PAD negative, MacConkey negative, urea negative, ODC positive, LDC positive, XLD negative, oxidase negative, beta-lactamase positive.

Habitat: environment
optimal temperature: 37 degree C
Prefers TSA over BHI media

Explanation / Answer

The identified bacteria is Listeria.

It is non spore forming, and motile facultative anaerobic bacteria and possesses all the characteristics mentioned above

It is pathogenic because of Beta lactamase positive.

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