1. Gram-stained smear of S
Gram-stained smear of S. moniliformis on blood agar medium, demonstrating pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli in chains and clumps with irregular, lateral bulbar swellings (photo courtesy of L. Wilcox, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, and D. Yamamura, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).
Gram-stained smear of S. moniliformis on blood agar medium, demonstrating pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli in chains and clumps with irregular, lateral bulbar swellings (photo courtesy of L. Wilcox, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, and D. Yamamura, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).
Sean P. Elliott Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2007; doi: /CMR