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Chapter Review
1. Of all the bacteria discussed in this chapter, which one 4. True or False
has been most highly implicated in disease? _____ Growth on 5% sheep blood, chocolate, and
a. A. facilis MacConkey agar plates is a common trait of
b. S. mizutaii Sphingomonas spp.
c. S. paucimobilis _____ Most bacteria discussed in this chapter are com-
d. CDC group IIc mon causes of pathogenicity.
2. Initial clues of the presence of this group of bacteria for _____ Although antimicrobial susceptibility results of
clinical laboratorians are: bacteria discussed in this chapter have been re-
a. They produce yellow pigment, do not grow on ported in the literature, there is currently no vali-
MacConkey agar, and oxidize glucose. dated method available.
b. They produce no pigment, do not grow in thioglycollate 5. Matching: Match the bacterium with the appropriate test
broth, and oxidize glucose. result. (Results can be used more than once.)
c. They produce tan/buff pigment, do not grow on
_____ S. paucimobilis a. yellow pigment
blood agar, and oxidize xylose.
d. They produce yellow pigment, do not grow on blood _____ S. multivorum b. oxidize glucose
agar, and ferment glucose. _____ CDC group IIc c. hydrolyze esculin
3. Identification approaches useful for speciation of Sphin- d. produce urease
gomonas are: e. produce DNase
a. H2S production
b. Citrate utilization
c. DNase production
d. a and c
e. a, b, and c