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Created: Monday, 08 September 2008
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Alcaligenes faecalis streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 1. Streak variations. Alcaligenes faecalis streak pattern from Levine (6). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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FIG. 2. Streak variations. Alcaligenes faecalis on tryptic soy agar using a streak pattern from Levine (6). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)

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FIG. 3. Streak variations. Alcaligenes faecalis on tryptic soy agar using a streak pattern from Levine (6). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Lactococcus lactis streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 4. Streak variations. Lactococcus lactis on tryptic soy agar using a streak pattern from Levine (6). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Lactococcus lactis streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 5. Streak variations. Lactococcus lactis on tryptic soy agar using a streak pattern from Levine (6). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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FIG. 6. Streak variations. Lactococcus lactis two sector streak (5). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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FIG. 7. Streak variations. Lactococcus lactis two sector streak (5). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Lactococcus lactis streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 8. Streak variations. Lactococcus lactis on phenylethyl alcohol agar using a streak pattern from Finegold et al. (4). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Lactococcus lactis streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 9. Streak variations. Lactococcus lactis on phenylethyl alcohol agar, using a streak pattern from Finegold et al. (4). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Lactococcus lactis streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 10. Streak variations. Lactococcus lactis on phenylethyl alcohol agar using a streak pattern from Finegold et al. (4). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Klebsiella pneumoniae streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 11. Streak variations. Klebsiella pneumoniae on MacConkey agar. Radiant streak pattern from Atlas et al. (1). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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FIG. 12. Streak variations. Klebsiella pneumoniae on MacConkey agar. Radiant streak pattern from Atlas et al. (1). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)

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Serratia marcescens streak variations (Enlarged view)

FIG. 13. Streak variations. Serratia marcescens, strain db11, on milk agar note clearing surrounding colonies indicating hydrolysis of casein protein. Radiant streak pattern from Atlas et al. (1). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)

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FIG. 14. Streak variations. Serratia marcescens, strain db11, on milk agar note clearing surrounding colonies indicating hydrolysis of casein protein. Radiant streak pattern from Atlas et al. (1). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)

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FIG. 15. Streak variations. Serratia marcescens, strain Nima (a pigmented strain), on Tween 20 agar (modified from Lovell and Bibel (7)). Hazy regions in the agar below colonies represent crystalization of Tween 20.  Streak as described in Bradshaw (2). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)

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Serratia marcescens streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 16. Streak variations. Serratia marcescens, strain Nima (a pigmented strain), on Tween 20 agar (modified from Lovell and Bibel (7)). Hazy regions in agar below colonies represent crystalization of Tween 20.  Streak as described in Bradshaw (2). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Staphylococcus saprophyticus streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 17. Streak variations. Staphylococcus saprophyticus on phenylethyl alcohol agar. Urine streak pattern from Fountain (A. Fountain, Augusta Medical Center, personal communication).  (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Staphylococcus aureus streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 18. Streak variations. Staphylococcus aureus on Tween 20 agar (modified from Lovell and Bibel (7)).  Hazy regions in agar below colonies represent crystalization of Tween 20.  Urine streak pattern from Fountain (A. Fountain, Augusta Medical Center, personal communication). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Serratia marcescens streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 19. Streak variations. Serratia marcescens, strain db11 (nonpigmented), on Tween 20 agar (modified from Lovell and Bibel (7)). Hazy regions in agar below colonies represent crystalization of Tween 20.  Continuous streak as described by Claus (3). (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)
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Urine streak on blood agar streak variations (Enlarged view)
FIG. 20. Streak variations. Urine streak pattern on blood agar. (D. Sue Katz, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK)

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1.  Atlas, R. M., L. C. Parks, and A. E. Brown.  1995.  Laboratory manual to accompany microorganisms in our world,  p. 17–21.   Mosby, St. Louis, MO.
2.  Bradshaw, L. J.  1992.  Laboratory microbiology, 4th ed.,  p. 2427.  Sanders College Publishing, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Fort Worth, TX.
3.  Claus, G. W. 1989.  Understanding microbes:  a laboratory textbook for microbiology,  p. 122.  W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, NY.
4.  Finegold, S. M., W. J. Martin, and E. G. Scott.  1978.  Bailey and Scott's diagnostic microbiology.  A textbook for the isolation and identification of pathogenic microorganisms, 5th ed., p. 1719.  C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, MO.
5.  Handley, E. J.  1976.  Laboratory manual for microbiology 103 and 502, p. 22.  University of Kansas, Lawrence.
6.  Levine, M.  1939.  An introduction to laboratory technique in bacteriology, revised ed.,  p. 197.  The Macmillian Company, New York, NY.
7.  Lovell, D. J., and D. J. Bibel.  1977.  Tween 80 medium for differentiating nonpigmented Serratia from other Enterobacteriaceae.  J. Clin. Microbiol. 5:245247.
8.  Pelczar, M. J., Jr., and R. D. Reid.  1958.  Laboratory exercises in microbiology, p. 4547.  McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, NY.

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