Determinative

Hey your bacteria might be micrococcus luteus or something which is the same as micrococcus Kocuria, I believe. Try using the Bergy's manual of determinative bacteriology. Good luck and if you can take a look at mine and help me out that would be great!

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... But again, it won't tell you if it's Gram negative... For determining your bacteria though, you should consider using "Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology". It's pretty helpful.

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Curious - is this beginning micro lab? You can rule out some species but a specific ID is probably not readily obtained. I'd start with Bergey's Determinative ( http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/micro_biology/250/IDFlowcharts.pdf ). You'll see some of it's pretty subjective and for many species, you ...

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Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology http://www.amazon.com/Bergeys-Manual-Determinative-Bacteriology-John/dp/0683006037

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... is unlikely to help on a final year thesis project. Back when I was doing this sort of stuff (over a decade ago) I'd turn to Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. If you've a culturable organism there's a fair chance it's in there. A more complete taxonomic treatment is in Bergey's ...

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