Klebsiella pneumoniae colonies on brain heart infusion agar, TSA, Endo agar, MacConkey agar, CLED and blood agar.
Medium to large, mucoid colonies. Cultivated in an aerobic atmosphere, 37°C, 24 hours.


Tests for K.pneumoniae identification (ENTEROtest24):

	K.pneumoniae	E.coli	E.cloacae	S.marcescens
Indole production:	negative	pos.	neg.	neg.
Lysine decarbox.:	positive	pos.	neg.	pos.
Ornithine decarbox.:	negative	pos./neg.	pos.	pos.
Urea hydroysis	positive	neg.	pos./neg.	neg.
Arginine dihydrol.:	negative	neg.	pos.	neg.
Voges-Proskauer test:	positive	neg.	pos.	pos.
Esculin hydrolysis:	positive	neg.	neg./pos.	pos.
Motility:	nonmotile	motile	motile	motile