Eggerthia catenaformis

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Taxonomy
  Fam: Erysipelotrichaceae
  Formely: Lactobacillus catenaformis
  
  Natural habitats
  Human faeces
  
  Clinical significance
  Eggerthia catenaformis can cause dental abscess, intestinal and pleura infections and bacteremia.
  
  Eggerthia catenaformis is easily identified with MALDI-TOF MS
Gram stain
- Small irregular Gram positive rod,
  
  arranged in small chains
Culture characteristics
- Obligate anaerobic
  
  BBAØ: colonies are very small, convex, opaque colonies without pigment with a greening zone.
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition