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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