Organisms that have the following characteristics-aerobic growth, nonhemolytic colonies 2 to 5 $\mu$m in diameter, catalase positive, nonmotile, large gram-positive bacilli recovered from lesions, blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or lymph nodes-can be presumptively identified as
A) Brucella mallei.
B) Bacillus anthracis.
C) Yersinia pestis.
D) Burkholderia cepacia.

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The characteristics listed are consistent with Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax. Other potential agents such as Brucella, Yersinia, and Burkholderia may have some overlapping features, but would not match all of the characteristics listed.

Organisms That Have the Following Characteristics-Aerobic Growth, Nonhemolytic Colonies 2 μ\muμ

Organisms That Have the Following Characteristics-Aerobic Growth, Nonhemolytic Colonies 2 $\mu$