Here are the results of your biochemical tests and Gram stains. Use the attached grid (not Appendix H of manual or Appendix H handout) to determine the identity of your unknown organism.
Oxidase test: positive if oxidase paper turns dark blue within 20 seconds
Gelatin test: positive if media turns liquid even after refrigeration (due to presence of gelatinase enzyme)
Voges Proskauer (VP): positive if it turns red
After determining your unknown organism, go to the NCBI website and pick a journal article that talks about your unknown organism. Pick an article that is relevant and no older than 5 years old from the date of publication. Read the entire article and summarize the contents of the article in your own words (do NOT copy the abstract of the article). Submit the summary of the article and a link to the article to me together with the correct identification of your unknown bacteria.
Link to PubMed:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ (Links to an external site.)
1 Appendix grid for unk Sp2021 (1).doc
I will give the Unknown Bacteria Results once question is picked up!
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