Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii growing together (IMAGE)

Macquarie University

Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii growing together

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Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii growing together on differential media (MacConkey agar) that allows for distinguishing them based on their different metabolic capacity (Klebsiella is red and Acinetobacter is yellow). In this plate they’re on an antibiotic (cefotaxime) concentration that would normally kill Klebsiella on its own.

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Dr Lucie Semenec, Macquarie University

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