Mannitol

... motile (+) endospore(-) oxidase(+) catalase(-) H2S(-) reduction of nitrate and nitrite(-) glucose fermentation (-) lactose (-) sucrose(-) mannitol(-) MR(-) VP(-) starch hydrolysis (-) casein hydrolysis (-) indole (-) citrate (+) nitrate (+) urease (-) Any help is greatly appreciated?

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... we thought it could be S. aureus or eidermis but we know it's not. gram positive cocci catalase positive alpha hemolysis facultative anaerobe mannitol fermenter whitish Nothing seemed to match all of these.

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... acids, glucose, amino acids and yeast extract, and just amino acids. It grew without oxygen and with oxygen. It grew on MacConkey agar but not on mannitol salts agar. No amylase. It is a fermenter. It produced acid but no gas in a phenol-red with glucose containing a Durham tube. MR+/VP-. In a ...

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... Growth Growth on glucose & a.a. Growth Growth on glucose, a.a. & yeast extract Growth Aerobic/anaerobic Aerobic MacConkey agar No Growth Mannitol salts agar No Growth Amylase No Growth Citrate No Growth Oxidation/fermentation Pink/Orange No Growth Glucose; acid/gas Can’t Produce Acid ...

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... poor dschenberger. "Clear" - does that mean no growth? Manitol salt agar - tan??? The stuff is red or, with growth of salt tolerant mannitol fermenters, yellow. Did you even get growth? Urease? What did you use? If you had no growth on conventional media (assume that's "clear") ...

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