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HI I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME. I PERFORMED A TEST WHICH IS A UNKNOWN THEY GAVE US 2 BACTERIA ONE IS S.EPIDERMIS AND S. AUREUS. THE FIRST TEST WAS THE COAGUALSE TEST WHICH I GOT POSSITIVE FOR COAGULATION WHICH IS S. AUREUS BACTERIA, THE TELLURITE TEST WAS POSITIVE AS WELL IT TURN BLAC WHICH INDICATES S. AUREUS, FOR THE CATALASE IT WAS POSITIVE BECAUSE IT BUBBLES WHICH IS S. AUREUS AGAIN, MY GRAM STAIN WAS PURPLE, CLUSTER SHAPE WHICH IS S.AUREUS, THE PROBLEM IS WHY I AM GETTING S. EPIDERMIS IN BLOOD AGAR, MANNITOL SALT AGAR AND DNASE ON MY RESULTS WHEN IT SUPPOSED TO BE S.AUREUS ALL THE WAY THROUGH PS: PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS CONFUSION SINCE I HAVE TO DO A REPORT HOMEWORK FOR MY MICRO CLASS. THANK YOU SARA
Re: ERROR ON RESULTS FOR BLOOD AGAR, DNASE, AND MANNITOL SALT AGAR
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