Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)
@julia-hankins.bsky.social
Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology at University of Kansas 🔬👩🔬
🦠Let's Go Micro!🧫
I like to post Clinical Micro Questions and about fun organisms!
🦠Let's Go Micro!🧫
I like to post Clinical Micro Questions and about fun organisms!
But...it smells like chocolate cake! 🎂
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
But...it smells like chocolate cake! 🎂
It's cryptococcus! The mucicarmine stain will stain the capsule pink :)
February 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It's cryptococcus! The mucicarmine stain will stain the capsule pink :)
Of course! I believe this was grown on blood agar and this is just a Gram stain. The Bacillus are usually Gram positive rods, but they easily overdecolorize and turn red (like this) and the circles are the spores. Nocardia is a branching Gram positive rod often found in soil.
January 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Of course! I believe this was grown on blood agar and this is just a Gram stain. The Bacillus are usually Gram positive rods, but they easily overdecolorize and turn red (like this) and the circles are the spores. Nocardia is a branching Gram positive rod often found in soil.
It's cladosporium! You can see the shield cells, which are classic for this organism
November 27, 2024 at 12:46 AM
It's cladosporium! You can see the shield cells, which are classic for this organism