Gram

Negative

Bacilli Cocci

Obligate Aerobic/ Obligate

anaerobic Facultative anaerobic
Anaerobic
Aerobic/
Facultative
anaerobic

Bacteroides spp.,
Prevotella spp.,
M. catarrhalis, Veillonella spp.
Porphyromonas spp.,
Neisseria spp.
Fusobacterium spp.

Glucose non-
fermenting

Glucose
fermenting

Non-lactose
fermenting
Oxidase Oxidase
positive negative

Oxidase Oxidase
positive negative
Enterobacteriaceae

Lactose non-
fermenting
Lactose
Lactose S. maltophilia,
non-
fermenting A. baumannii,
fermenting Pseudomonas
spp. B. cepacia

Pasteurella spp., Morganella spp.,

Vibrio spp., Proteus spp., Gram negative aerobic bacilli that will not grow
E. coli,
Aeromonas spp., Providencia spp., on MacConkey agar:
Citrobacter spp.,
Plesiomonas spp. Salmonella spp., Actinobacillus, Gardnerella, Brucella, Francisella,
Klebsiella spp.,
Shigella spp., Eikenella, Haemophilus, Campylobacter,
Enterobacter spp.,
Yersinia spp. Legionella, Bordetella, Helicobacter
Serratia spp.