Morganella morganii

Basic description of microbe:

• Rods (0.6-0.7 mm in diameter and 1.0-1.7 mm in length)

• Motile

• Anaerobic

• Optimal temperature: 37 ˚C

What it looks like on the agar:

• Whole Colony                                      Round

• Margin                                                 Irregular margins

• Elevation                                              Convex

• Color                                                   Off-white; opaque

Biochemical tests: 

• Oxidase                                               negative

• Catalase                                               positive

• Indole                                                  positive

• Simmons Citrate                                   negative

• Methyl Red                                          positive

• Voges-Proskauer                                 negative

• Lysine Decarboxylase                          negative

• H₂S production                                    negative

• Urease                                                 positive

• Phenylalanine Deaminase                      positive

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