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Author: BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 9CT
A clinician obtains a specimen of urine from a patient suspected to have a bladder infection. From the specimen she cultures a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that ferments lactose in the presence of oxygen, utilizes citrate, and produces acetoin but not hydrogen sulfide. Using the key presented in Figure 4.25 identify the genus of the infective bacterium.
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