Flavobacterium meningosepticum - Bacteria

Flavobacterium meningosepticum

F. meningosepticum is a Gram-negative, nonsporing, andnonmotile bacterium. It is catalase and oxidase positive and weakly fermentative. It can grow on ordinary medium, such as nutrient agar. It produces smooth, circular, and glistening colonies after 24 hours of incubation at 37°C. On incubation at room temperature for 48 hours, it produces yellow, nondif-fusible pigment on the nutrient agar. F. meningosepticum is a ubiquitous saprophyte present in soil, water, food stuff, and moist environment. It can cause opportunistic infections and also neonatal meningitis in premature infants and pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. In immunocompetent adults, it causes a mild illness. Novobiocin, rifampicin, clindamycin, and cefoxitin are effective for treatment of F. meningosepticum infections.