Microbe Monday – 5/21/18
Ready for another microbe Monday? Below are your clues!
- is a bacteria
- is gram-negative
- rod shaped
- can cause disease in humans, plants and animals
- has a natural resistance to antibiotics
- found in water, soil and skin flora
- is citrate positive, catalase positive and oxidase positive
- thrives in low oxygen atmospheres
- thrives on moist surfaces
- can decompose hydrocarbons
- is a facultative anaerobe
- relies on iron for growth, yet excessive iron is toxic to it
- cause chronic opportunistic infections
Do you have a guess what this microbe might be? Let us know!
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