How to describe the bacteria that after 24 hr incubation, the Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Agar Tube showed Yellow slant/Yellow butt

A. The bacterium can produce H2S gas
B. The bacterium is facultative anaerobe, saccharolytic and utilizes, both glucose and lactose
C. The bacterium is facultative anaerobe, saccharolytic and utilizes glucose only
D. The bacterium is strictly aerobic
E. The correct answer is not listed


Ans: B. The bacterium is facultative anaerobe, saccharolytic and utilizes, both glucose and lactose

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