Rhodococcus species

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Description: English: This slide culture shows Rhodococcus group bacteria that has been cultured on tap water agar. Rhodococci are aerobic, gram-positive fungus-like bacteria. A few species of Rhodococcus are pathogenic, but the majority appears to be benign soil inhabitants that facilitate decomposition processes. Date: 1972. Source: : This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #2981. Note: Not all PHIL images are public domain; be sure to check copyright status and credit authors and content providers. English | Slovenščina | +/−. Author: David Berd.