Staphylococcus aureus Growing on Blood Agar (Indirect Lighting)

Note beta hemolysis (complete lysis of the red blood cells around the colonies; see arrows) on the blood agar and the organism is sensitive to the antibiotic novobiocin in the Taxo NB® disc.
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Last updated: September, 2017