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What is Microscopic examination of a specimen shows organisms with characters of both corynebacteria and streptococci and resemble diphtheroids in stained smears. The organism is: and explain in detail?
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive rod with some bacteriologic features that resemble those of both corynebacteria and streptococci. In stained smears of clinical and laboratory material, the organisms resemble diphtheroids. Listeria produces small, b-hemolytic colonies on blood agar. Listeria species are catalase-positive, which distinguishes them from streptococci, and they produce a characteristic tumbling motility in fluid media at temperatures below 30degC, which distinguishes them from corynebacteria. Ref: (2010). Chapter 26. Corynebacterium, Listeria, and Bacillus. In Ryan K.J., Ray C(Eds), Sherris Medical Microbiology, 5e.