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Listeria monocytogenes hemolysis |
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Colonies of Listeria monocytogenes on blood agar. Cultivation 48 hours, 37°C. Listeria monocytogenes is beta-hemolytic on sheep blood agar plates
but often produce only narrow zones of hemolysis that frequently do not extend much beyond the edge of the colonies.
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Microscopy:
Gram-positive, asporogenous, motile(at 28°C), short rods. |
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