M. catarrhalis can be described as a:

a. gram-positive diplococcus.
b. gram-negative diplococcus.
c. gram-negative coccobacillus.
d. gram-negative bacillus.


B
M. catarrhalis appear on Gram smear as gram-negative diplococci with adjacent sides flattened.

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