TABLE 1.
Bacterial strains used in this study
| Strain | Species | Sourced |
|---|---|---|
| 17908 | Aeromonas juniia | ATCC |
| 12084 | Aeromonas caviaea | GIFU |
| 7966 | Aeromonas hydrophilaa | ATCC |
| 12305 | Alcaligenes eutrophusb | IAM |
| 19018 | Alcaligenes faecalisa | ATCC |
| 17061 | Cytophaga johnsonaea | ATCC |
| K-12 W3110 | Escherichia colia | RIMD |
| 12872 | Bacillus megateriumc | ATCC |
| 13253 | Flavobacterium meningosepticuma | ATCC |
| 254160 | Burkholderia cepaciab | ATCC |
| 657 | Pseudomonas diminutab | GIFU |
| 1168 | Pseudomonas maltophiliab | KM |
| 12633 | Pseudomonas putidaa | ATCC |
| 25920 | Vibrio campbelliia | ATCC |
| 17802 | Vibrio parahaemolyticusa | ATCC |
| 27562 | Vibrio vulnificusa | ATCC |
a
Strain used in both PCR and direct in situ PCR experiments.
b
Strain used only in direct in situ PCR experiments.
c
Strain used only in PCR experiments.
d
TCC, American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md.; GIFU, Department of Microbiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan; IAM, IAM Culture Collection, Institute of Applied Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; RIMD, Culture Collection, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; KM, Kansoi Medical University, Osaka, Japan.