Which of the following organisms are most closely related? Are any two the
same species? On what did you base your answer?
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Characteristic & A & B & C & D \\
\hline Morphology & Rod & Coccus & Rod & Rod \\
Gram Reaction & \(+\) & \(-\) & \(-\) & \(+\) \\
Glucose Utilization & Fermentative & Oxidative & Fermentative & Fermentative
\\\
Cytochrome Oxidase & Present & Present & Absent & Absent \\
GC Moles \% & \(48-52\) & \(23-40\) & \(50-54\) & \(49-53\)
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