TABLE 3.

Non-STEC bacteria tested for the presence of stx genes with the AmpliSensor PCR assay

Species	No. of strains
E. coli (non-STEC)	18
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	1
Aeromonas hydrophila	2
Bacillus sp.	5
Campylobacter sp.	6
Candida albicans	1
Carnobacterium mobile	1
Citrobacter sp.	2
Edwardsiella tarda	1
Enterobacter sp.	2
Enterococcus fecalis	2
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1
Kluyvera ascorbata	1
Lactobacillus sp.	3
Listeria sp.	2
Moraxella osloensis	1
Morganella morganii	1
Proteus sp.	2
Pseudomonas sp.	2
Salmonella sp.	16
Sarcina sp.	1
Serratia marcescens	1
Shigella sp.	2
Staphylococcus sp.	8
Streptococcus sp.	2
Xanthomonas maltophilia	1
Yersinia enterocolitica	1