Leclercia adecarboxylata

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Gram stain Culture

General information
- Taxonomy
  Family: Enterobacteriaceae
  
  Natural habitats
  Widely distributed in nature.
  
  Clinical significance
  Pathogenicity undetermined (opportunistic pathogen).
  
  Rarely isolated from clinical samples.
Gram stain
- Gram negative straight rods
Culture characteristics
- Facultative anaerobic
  
  BA: colonies are gray and smooth, some stains form a yellow to light yellow pigment.
  
  McConkey: growth lactose fermenter
  
  BBAØ: growth
Characteristics
References
- James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition