A microbiologist inoculates Staphylococcus aureus into a culture medium. Following incubation, a Gram stain was conducted and the results exhibited gram-negativerods. What can you deduce from this information?
a. The Gram stain procedure was successful.
b. The microbiologist neglected the decolorization step.
c. The microbiologist neglected the Gram's iodine step.
d. The microbiologist neglected the crystal violet step.
e. The results of the Gram stain did not indicate S. aureus.
