Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Gram positive filamentous bacilli

gram stain report

Facultative anaerobe

gas requirement

non-motile

motility

Test tube brush like colonies

growing in a gelatin medium, it exhibits

negative

result of catalase test

Alpha hemolysis

type of hemolysis on BAP

H2S producer

the only gram positive bacilli that is

Erysipeloid

disease cause

direct to skin

Mode of transmission

lesion onto the skin

characterized by

Fish and meat handlers

this disease is common to whom?