A 23 year old woman with a history of sickle cell disease presents with fever and severe bone pain localized to her left tibia. X-ray reveals a lytic lesion and blood cultures reveal infection. A bone culture grows gram-negative rods. Which of the following best describes the infecting organism?

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It is a facultative intracellular parasite

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It is a non motile facultative anaerobe

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It is comma-shaped and sensitive to acidic pH

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It is motile and does not ferment lactose

A 23 year old woman with a history of sickle cell disease presents with fever and severe bone pain localized to her left tibia. X-ray reveals a lytic lesion and blood cultures reveal infection. A bone culture grows gram-negative rods. Which of the following best describes the infecting organism?

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