Multiple Choice
A microbiologist is looking at the blood culture plates taken from a woman who had ingested fresh, unpasteurized milk.The growth on the blood agar and chocolate agar showed small, circular, smooth, convex, nonpigmented, and nonhemolytic colonies.Gram stain revealed tiny gram-negative rods.The organism was catalase, oxidase, nitrate reduction, and urease positive, but showed a lack of motility.What is the most probable organism?
A) Francisella tularensis
B) Brucella abortus
C) Yersinia pestis
D) Burkholderia cepacia
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