fileazhair Tom Gililand AZ cave hair samples

Organism: tomaz-w.1

gross culture appearance:  tan smooth     arginine dihydrolase:  +     TSI gas:  -     utilization of citrate:  +     Gram stain:  -     catalase:  -     morphology:  b     oxidase:  +     phenylalanine deaminase:  -     tsi:  -     TSI butt:  -     TSI H2S:  -     TSI slant:  -     urease:  -     sellers:  +     nitrate reduced to nitrite:  +     sellers slant:  b     sellers butt:  b     sellers band:  y     pyorubrin:  -     sellers nitrogen gas:  -     glucose oxidase:  +     width:  1.0     length:  0.5    

closest match:

1 Bacillus anthracis

80.00% ( 4 / 5 )

2 Vibrio cholerae

75.00% ( 3 / 4 )

3 Moraxella kingii

75.00% ( 3 / 4 )


Organism: tomaz-w.2

gross culture appearance:  cream smooth     arginine dihydrolase:  -     TSI gas:  -     pH in V-P broth<6:  +     utilization of citrate:  ++     Gram stain:  -     catalase:  -     formation of indole:  -     morphology:  r     oxidase:  +     phenylalanine deaminase:  -     tsi:  -     TSI butt:  -     TSI H2S:  -     TSI slant:  -     urease:  -     sellers:  +     nitrate reduced to nitrite:  -     sellers slant:  b     sellers butt:  g     sellers band:  b     pyorubrin:  -     sellers nitrogen gas:  -     glucose oxidase:  -     width:  1.0     length:  3.0    

closest match:

1 Shigella dysenteriae

80.00% ( 8 / 10 )

2 Bacillus Pumilus

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )

3 Bacillus macquariensis

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )


Organism: tomaz-w.3

gross culture appearance:  rough cream     arginine dihydrolase:  +     TSI gas:  -     pH in V-P broth<6:  -     utilization of citrate:  ++     Gram stain:  -     catalase:  -     formation of indole:  -     morphology:  b     oxidase:  -     phenylalanine deaminase:  -     tsi:  -     TSI butt:  -     TSI H2S:  -     TSI slant:  -     urease:  -     sellers:  -     nitrate reduced to nitrite:  +     sellers slant:  b     sellers butt:  b     sellers band:  b     pyorubrin:  -     sellers nitrogen gas:  -     glucose oxidase:  -     width:  1.0     length:  0.5    

closest match:

1 Bacillus larvae

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )

2 Bacillus azotoformans

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )


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Organism: tomaz-rock.1

gross culture appearance:  cream smooth     arginine dihydrolase:  +     TSI gas:  -     pH in V-P broth<6:  -     utilization of citrate:  ++     Gram stain:  -     catalase:  +     formation of indole:  -     morphology:  b     oxidase:  +     phenylalanine deaminase:  -     tsi:  -     TSI butt:  -     TSI H2S:  -     TSI slant:  -     urease:  ++     sellers:  +     nitrate reduced to nitrite:  -     sellers slant:  b     sellers butt:  b     sellers band:  y     pyorubrin:  -     sellers nitrogen gas:  -     glucose oxidase:  +     width:  1.0     length:  2.5    

closest match:

1 Acinetobacter anitratum

75.00% ( 9 / 12 )

2 Bacillus Sphaericus

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )

3 Bacillus Pumilus

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )


Organism: tomaz-rock.2

gross culture appearance:  tan smooth     arginine dihydrolase:  -     TSI gas:  -     pH in V-P broth<6:  +     utilization of citrate:  ++     Gram stain:  -     catalase:  -     formation of indole:  -     morphology:  r     oxidase:  +     phenylalanine deaminase:  -     tsi:  -     TSI butt:  -     TSI H2S:  -     TSI slant:  -     urease:  -     sellers:  +     nitrate reduced to nitrite:  -     sellers slant:  g     sellers butt:  y     sellers band:  b     pyorubrin:  -     sellers nitrogen gas:  -     glucose oxidase:  -     width:  2.0     length:  1.0    

closest match:

1 Shigella dysenteriae

80.00% ( 8 / 10 )

2 Bacillus Pumilus

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )

3 Bacillus macquariensis

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )


Organism: tomaz-rock.3

gross culture appearance:  tan shiny     arginine dihydrolase:  +     TSI gas:  -     pH in V-P broth<6:  -     utilization of citrate:  +     oxidase:  +     phenylalanine deaminase:  -     tsi:  -     TSI butt:  -     TSI H2S:  -     TSI slant:  -     urease:  -     sellers:  -     nitrate reduced to nitrite:  -     sellers slant:  b     sellers butt:  b     sellers band:  b     pyorubrin:  -     sellers nitrogen gas:  -     glucose oxidase:  -    

closest match:

1 Enterobacter cloacae

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )

2 Enterobacter aerogenes

71.43% ( 5 / 7 )


Organism: tomaz-rock.7

gross culture appearance:  cream smooth    


Organism: tomaz-rock.5

gross culture appearance:  cream smooth    


Organism: tomaz-rock.6

gross culture appearance:  cream smooth