The swarming gram-negative bacillus that can be presumptively identified on the basis of a positive indole test is:

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In the interests of cost containment,many clinical laboratories use an abbreviated identification scheme for identification of commonly isolated enteric organisms (CLSI,35A).A spot indole test can be used to separate swarming Proteae quickly,such as P.mirabilis and P.penneri,which are negative,from a spot indole-positive P.vulgaris.

The Swarming Gram-Negative Bacillus That Can Be Presumptively Identified on the Basis