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Pinpoint to small semi-transparent colonies. Carno means meat.
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| The same Blood Agar plate examined with transmitted light. There is no green zone around the colonies. C. divergens produces pseudocatalase on haem-containing media, thereby preventing the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide around the colonies. |
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| General characteristics: Gram-positive rods. Catalase-negative. Attacks sugars fermentatively. Non-motile. Originally placed in the genus Lactobacillus but differs from these in that they don't grow on acetate agar. Most strains can grow at 0°C but none grow at 45°C. |
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