TABLE 1.
Bacterial type culture strains used in this study
| Taxon | Straina | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pseudomonas fluorescens biotype A | ATCC 13525 | Type strain |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | ATCC 49838 | Quality control for Micro-Scan products |
| Pseudomonas putida biotype A | ATCC 12633 | Prefilter tanks, England |
| Pseudomonas putida | NCIMB 9816 | Soil |
| Vibrio alginolyticus | ATCC 17749 | Spoiled fish |
| Vibrio harveyi | ATCC 14126 | Dead luminescing amphipod |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | ATCC 27969 | Blue crab hemolymph |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | ATCC 17802 | Shirasu food poisoning |
| Vibrio proteolyticus | ATCC 15338 | Intestine of Limnoria tripunctata |
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ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md.; NCIMB, National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria Ltd., Aberdeen, Great Britain.