TABLE 1.
Reaction of S. aureus PNA FISH assay with a panel of reference strains representing clinically relevant and phylogenetically related bacterium and yeast species
| Organism | Straina | S. aureus PNA FISH assay result |
|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus aureus | ATCC 6538 | + |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | ATCC 14990 | − |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | ATCC 29970 | − |
| Staphylococcus schleiferi | ATCC 43808 | +b |
| Acinetobacter calcoaceticus | ATCC 23065 | − |
| Bacillus subtilis | ATCC 6633 | − |
| Burkholderia cepacia | ATCC 25416 | − |
| Candida albicans | NRRL Y-12983 | − |
| Candida dubliniensis | NRRL Y-17512 | − |
| Citrobacter freundii | ATCC 8090 | − |
| Escherichia coli | ATCC 8739 | − |
| Micrococcus luteus | ATCC 9341 | − |
| Proteus mirabilis | ATCC 12453 | − |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ATCC 27853 | − |
| Pseudomonas putida | ATCC 12633 | − |
| Salmonella choleraesuis | ATCC 29946 | − |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | DSCC 8P25 | − |
a
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; NRRL, ARS Culture Collection; DSCC, Stock Culture Collection, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison.
b
Weak positive reaction.