A variety of media are inoculated to try to ID the alien mic…
A variety of media are inoculated to try to ID the alien microbe. Based upon your observations and using the table, please ID which microbe your alien microbe most metabolically resembles. MR = methyl red; H2S is hydrogen sulfide, VP = Voges Proskaur: TSIA = Triple Sugar Iron Agar Organism Indole Urease MR H2S Gas VP Lactose Citrate Escherichia – – + – + + + – Yesinia + – – – – – – + Morganella – + + – + + – – Proteus – + + + + + – – Enterobacter – – – – + + + + Salmonella – – + + + – – + Providencia – – + – + + – – Unknown microbe a. Which microbe do you have? b. How will this microbe appear if you place it on an EMB plate? C. what would you expect this microbe to look like on a MacConkey plate?