keys:

.55t 	55mM Thioacetamide enrichment media
a-  	Mount Anthony cave, Bennington VT USA series
ab- 	"   bat mouth
aso 	"   soil
ast 	"    stalactite drip
csw  	Movile cave spring water media (similar to Oban spring water)
cpdy	Peptone yeast Dextrose cave formulation
df  	degrees of freedom
dolo 	Dolo cave, Lnesboro, MA, USA from root found in cave, encrusted with calcite
fb-  	Fall brook samples (polluted by sewer discharge near cave)
FeS 	ferrous sulfide enrichment medium for Gallionella
fm  	floating mat from Movile cave,Romania
h-  	Howe Caverns, NY USA series
jan m12 most recent sample from Romania
lwr 	Lake of the White Roses, Lechuguilla  letter     e denotes surface
lwr 	Lake of the White Roses, Lechuguilla  letter     e1 floating calcite rafts
lwr 	Lake of the White Roses, Lechuguilla (numbers 5-20 denote depth)
m   	malt agar
map	microaerophilic
op  	Oban spring water with .01% peptone enrichment medium
opy 	Oban spring water with .01% peptone and .01% yeast extract media
osp 	Ouray spring water with .01% peptone enrichment medium
pm  	malt agar with penicillin
ps  	Sabaurauds agar with penicillin
s   	Sabarauds agar
sm  	submerged mat - Movile cave     
spt 	human female throat culture
ts  	trypticase soy agar

tags used for tests:
cit	citrate
ure	urease
t+----	TSI +/- butt slant gas h2s    b=alkaline a=acid 
sal	salicin
ara	arabinose
spo	spores
len	length (microns)
wid	width
dia	diameter
g+r	grahm stain + rod
g-d	gram - diplococci
d-c	gram - cocci
cat	catalase
mrd	methyl red
vog	Voges Proskauer
/	slant appearance-color
^	microscopic features
s+-----	Sellers medium +/- slant butt band flourescence gas
        g=green y=yellow b=blue 
nit	nitrate reduction += to nitrate ++=to gas
glu	glucose
suc	sucrose
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phe	phenylalanine deaminase