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A white colony growing on mannitol salt agar tests negative for coagulase and novobiocin sensitivity. This bacterium is most likely ________________

A white colony growing on mannitol salt agar tests negative for coagulase and novobiocin sensitivity. This bacterium is most likely ________________
Streptococcus pyogenes.
Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Stpahylococcus saprophyticus.
Staphylococcus aureus.

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Answer:

1. Staphylococcus aureus.

2. Staphylococcus epidermidis.

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Answer:

for the first it is Staphylococcus saprophyticus. and for the second it is Streptococcus pyogenes.

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