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TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study

Species	Strain identification^a	Serogroup	Source
L. pneumophila	PHLS. (A) April 2001		External quality assesment
	PHLS. (B) April 2001		External quality assesment
	PHLS. (C) April 2001		External quality assesment
	L401	1	Environment
	L403		Environment
	L410	1	Environment
	L437	1	Environment
	L446		Environment
	L500	1	Environment
	L510	2-14	Environment
	L511	1	Environment
	L512	2-14	Environment
	L514	1	Environment
	L533	1	Environment
	L534	2-14	Environment
	L558	2-14	Environment
	L560	2-14	Environment
	L561	2-14	Environment
	L565	2-14	Environment
	L568	2-14	Environment
	L594	2-14	Environment
	L674	1	Environment
	L922	1 or 9	Environment
	L923	1 or 9	Environment
	L924	1 or 9	Environment
	L926	1 or 9	Environment
	L1587	1	Environment
	L1588	2-14	Environment
	L1598	2-14	Environment
	L1599	2-14	Environment
	L1635	1	Environment
	L1636	1	Environment
	L1638	2-14	Environment
	L1642	1	Environment
	L1657	1	Environment
	L131	1	Environment
	L1130	4	Environment
	L1298	6	Environment
	L1253	2,3	Environment
	L226	10	Environment
	L53	12	Environment
	L63	14	Environment
	L1809	8	Environment
	L1572	6	Environment
	L1528	3	Environment
	L1527	3	Environment
	L1413	9	Environment
	NCTC 11406	6	Collection
	NCTC 11230	2	Collection
	NCTC 11192	1	Collection
Legionella sp.	L782		Environment
Legionella sp.	L593		Environment
Legionella sp.	L1568		Environment
Legionella sp.	L1592		Environment
Legionella sp.	L1586		Environment
L. bozemanii	NCTC 11368		Collection
L. bozemanii	NCTC 11360		Collection
L. gravella feeli	NCTC 12022		Collection
L. jordanis	NCTC 11533		Collection
L. micdadei	NCTC 11371		Collection
L. gormanii	NCTC 11401		Collection
L. dumoffii	NCTC 11370		Collection
Escherichia coli	CECT 434		Collection
Vibrio cholerae	CECT 557		Collection
Enterococcus faecium	CECT 410		Collection
Salmonella enterica	NCTC 12848		Collection
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	NCTC 7417		Collection
Clostridium perfringens	CECT 376		Collection
Aeromonas hydrophila	CECT 839		Collection

CECT, Spanish Type Culture Collection, Valencia, Spain; NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom; PHLS, Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom.