The culture of a deep puncture wound in a farmer's leg grew pinpoint gray colonies on sheep blood and medium colonies on reducible blood agars. The Gram stain, from the sheep blood agar, is illustrated here.
Source: CDC and Don Stalons
Given these results, you should
A) perform a catalase test.
B) examine colonies from both environments for the presence of spores.
C) perform aerotolerance testing.
D) both a and b.
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