Capsulated organism –
Correct Answer: Klebsiella
Description: Klebsiella consist of non-motile capsulated rods that grow well on ordinary media , forming large shaped mucoid colonies of varying degresss of stickness. they are sho , plump, straight rods . the capsule is often prominent and can be made out even in Gram stained smears as haloes around the bacilli . Klebsiella are widely distributed in nature occurring both as commensals in the intenstines and as saprophytes in soil and water Ref: Ananthanarayan & panikers textbook of microbiology 9th edition page no 280
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