Large, rectangular, anaerobic gram-positive rods have been isolated from the anaerobic culture of a wound due to the puncture of the patient's foot by a rusty nail. No spores were observed on Gram stain of the specimen or culture isolate. The organism produced a double zone of beta hemolysis around its colonies on reducible blood agar. This organism will also be
A) catalase negative.
B) lecithinase negative.
C) lipase positive.
D) a swarming colony.
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