A microbiologist is working the miscellaneous bench reading stool cultures.The campy plate from a culture has growth on the plate that was incubated at 42° C.The colonies are nonhemolytic, moist, "runny looking," and spreading.The Gram stain shows tiny gram-negative rods with some S-shapes and seagull-wing shapes.What is growing on the plate?

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The typically colonial morphology of Campylobacter jejuni and other enteric campylobacters is moist, "runny looking," and spreading.Colonies are usually nonhemolytic; some are round and raised, whereas others may be flat.

A Microbiologist Is Working the Miscellaneous Bench Reading Stool Cultures