TABLE 1.
Non-R. equi strains used in the study
| Species | Strain |
|---|---|
| Corynebacterium sp. | ATCCa 14665 |
| Corynebacterium kutscheri | ATCC 15677 |
| Corynebacterium variabilis | ATCC 33010 |
| Corynebacterium xerosis | NCIMBb 9956 |
| Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis | ATCC 19410 |
| Corynebacterium bovis | CAc 23 |
| Corynebacterium aquaticum | CA 29 |
| Corynebacterium urealyticum | ATCC 43042 |
| Mycobacterium sp. | NCIMB 11678 |
| Mycobacterium phlei | ATCC 11758 |
| Mycobacterium smegmatis | ATCC 14468 |
| Mycobacterium bovis BCG | ATCC 35744 |
| Mycobacterium xenopi | CA 78931 |
| Mycobacterium kansasii | CA 70243 |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | CA 1908 |
| Mycobacterium terrae | CA 52828 |
| Mycobacterium chelonae | CA 71765 |
| Mycobacterium lentiflavum | CA 33805 |
| Brevibacterium sp. | CA 157 |
| Brevibacterium sterolicum | ATCC 21387 |
| Nocardia sp. | CA 158 |
| Nocardia asteroides | ATCC 14759 |
| Rhodococcus sp. | NCIMB 9457 |
| Rhodococcus erythropolis | ATCC 11048 |
| Gordonia sp. | CA 93049 |
| Gordonia bronchialis | ATCC 25592 |
| Tsukamurella pulmonis | CIPd 104791T |
| Dietzia maris | ATCC 35013T |
| Turicella otitidis | CA 62716 |
| Streptomyces sp. | CA 163 |
a
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection.
b
NCIMB, National Collections of Industrial and Marine Bacteria.
c
CA, Collection of Actinomycetes of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Cantabria. All strains were originally isolated from animal samples in the Animal Health Regional Laboratory, or from human patients in the Marqués de Valdecilla Hospital, Cantabria, Spain. They were identified by phenotypic analysis and 16S rDNA sequencing.
d
CIP, Collection of Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.