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Colony characteristics and gram staining of R. mannitolilytica. (A) R. mannitolilytica grew on Columbia blood agar for 24 hours. Colonies are round, small, 1-2mm, grey, moist. (B) Gram staining suggested gram-negative bacilli in the blood culture bottle (10x100). R. mannitolilytica is indicated by arrows.
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The aerobic and anaerobic bottles of all four standard blood culture sets grew R. mannitolilytica (Figure 1).