Shown in the image are three tubes: (1) motility agar (note subsurface flare shown by arrows); (2) esculin hydrolysis (+), and (3) VP (+). The reactions illustrated here are sufficient to rule out Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

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Shown in the image are three tubes: (1) motility agar (note subsurface flare shown by arrows); (2) esculin hydrolysis (+), and (3) VP (+). The reactions illustrated here are sufficient to rule out Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

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