General information

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  Taxonomy
  Family: Rhodobacteracea
  Formerly classified as a eugenic oxidizer group 2 (EO-2)
  
  Natural habitat
  In the environment, does not belong to the normal flora of the human being.
  
  Clinical significance
  Isolated from various wounds and blood

Gram stain

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  Small Gram negative coccobacilli
  
  with O-shaped morphology

Culture characteristics

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  Obligate Aerobic
  Colonies after 24 hours, gray white, convex and 0.5-1 mm, after 48-72 hours, mucoid to very mucoid, no pigment, non hemolytic
  
  Paracoccus yeei initially seems a lot like a CNS, difference in Gram stain and oxidase
  
  McConkey growth variable,
  colonies are mucoid to very mucoid and light purple color
  
  BBAØ no growth

Characteristics

• Gram-negative
• bacilli
• coccoid-bacilli
• growth obligate-aerobic
• catalase-positive
• oxidase-positive
• indole-negative
• nonmotile
• vancomycin-resistant
• colistine-susceptible
• cells-O-shaped

References