A Microbiologist Is Reading a Vaginal Culture on the Bench

Multiple Choice

A microbiologist is reading a vaginal culture on the bench.There is growth on the sheep blood agar (SBA) and chocolate (CHOC) plates, but no growth on the MacConkey (MAC) plate.The colonies growing on the SBA have produced a narrow, diffuse zone of b-hemolysis around and under the colonies.What organism could this be?

A) Escherichia coli
B) Streptococcus agalactiae
C) Streptococcus pyogenes
D) Streptococcus pneumoniae