E. corrodens can be easily recognized in culture by its:

a. pink pigmentation.
b. grapelike odor.
c. large spreading colonial morphologic characteristic.
d. bleachlike odor.


D
E. corrodens can be recognized in culture by its bleachlike odor. The organism does not utilize glucose or other carbohydrates and is catalase-negative. However, it reduces nitrate to nitrite and hydrolyzes both ornithine and lysine.

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