The Miracle of Bolsena is depicted on the walls of the Vatican in this painting by Raphael.
The German priest Peter of Prague is shown breaking bread for communion at the Church of Saint Christina in Bolsena, Italy.
Imagine Peter's surprise when he broke the communion wafer and saw it had blood on it!
The bread had truly become Jesus' flesh!
Serratia rubidaea
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General information
Taxonomy
Family: Enterobacteriaceae genus: S. rubidaea
Natural habitats
They are widely distributed in nature.
Clinical significance
Rarely from clinical material
Have been isolated from humans and are usually transients or cause of opportunistic infections.
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Gram stain
Gram negative straight coccoid rods
0.5-0.8 x 0.9-2.0 μm,
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Culture characteristics
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Facultative anaerobic
BA: all colonies have a red pigment
McConkey: growth, lactose fermenter
BBAØ: growth
Smell: Serratia can spread a fish-like urine air.
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Characteristics
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References
James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition
Karen C. Carrol et al (2019) Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 12th Edition
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