TABLE 5.

Results of classification of strains used in the interlaboratory study (laboratory 6 excluded)

Strain and designation	Correct classification of strain (%)
Non-Salmonella strains
Citrobacter diversis EU-NS25	100.0
Hafnia alvei EU-NS35	93.3
Staphylococcus aureus EU-NS22	100.0
Citrobacter freundii EU-NS24	100.0
Enterobacter cloacae EU-NS32	100.0
Enterococcus faecalis EU-NS3	100.0
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922	97.7
Escherichia coli O128 EU-NS10	100.0
Escherichia coli O157 EU-NS11	100.0
Klebsiella oxytoca EU-NS18	93.3
Klebsiella pneumoniae EU-NS17	100.0
Proteus vulgaris EU-NS28	100.0
Shigella boydii EU-NS38	100.0
Shigella flexneri 2a EU-NS27	100.0
Yersinia enterocolitica EU-NS41	100.0
Serratia marcescens EU-NS36	100.0
Salmonella serotypesa
Hadar 99-601	100.0
Enteritidis 00-4	90.9
Bredeney 00-215	100.0
Dublin 98-443	69.7
Blockley 98-1262	100.0
Typhimurium 00-510	100.0
42:b:e,n,x,z15 (II) 98-1308	90.9
18:z4,z32:- (IIIa) 99-1556	97.0
47:1,v:z (IIIb) 00-269	100.0
48:g,z51:- (IV) 98-3722	100.0
66:z65:- (V) K-1354	97.0
1,6,14,25:a:e,n,x (VI) 94-2957	100.0
Controls
Negative (TE buffer)	100.0
Positive (serotype Typhimurium 51K61)	100.0

^aNumerals in parentheses indicate subspecies.