TABLE 1.
Bacterial strains used in the specificity test of the PCR assays
| Species | Strain(s)a |
|---|---|
| C. botulinum | |
| Type A | ATCC 3502, ATCC 19397, Atlanta 2204-4, Johannesson 263, ATCC 25763, SMRICC 87, SMRICC 89, Madison 109A |
| Type B | ATCC 7949, ATCC 17841, Eklund 2b, SMRICC 91, SMRICC 92, SMRICC 93, Johannesson 105-66, Atlanta 3025, BL 105/66 |
| Type E | CB-S3E, CB-S4E, CB-S6E, CB-S21E, CB-S25E, CB-K27E, CB-K44E, CB-K58E, CB-K83E, CB-K114E, CB-124E, ATCC 9564, BL E64 S20 St15, BL E823, BL 1177, BL 1890 |
| Type F | ATCC 35415, ATCC 23387, Craig 610B8-6F, Atlanta 2821, Johannesson, ATCC 25765, BL F1 |
| Clostridium butyricum | ATCC 19398 |
| Clostridium perfringens | ATCC 14810, ATCC 3629, ATCC 12925, ATCC 3624, ATCC 3626, ATCC 13124 |
| Clostridium septicum | SVA G2, BL 8/65 |
| Clostridium sporogenes | ATCC 19404, ATCC 11437, K54 SBL, CCUG 15941 |
| Clostridium novyi | BL SVA 89 |
| Clostridium difficile | ATCC 9689 |
| Clostridium ramosum | BL 174 |
| Escherichia coli | ATCC 25922, O157 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | NCTC 7428, ATCC 8181 |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | CCUG 4208, NCTC 8181 |
| Proteus mirabilis | ATCC 43071 |
| Proteus vulgaris | CCUG 6327 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ATCC 27853 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | ATCC 29212 |
| Serratia marcescens | ATCC 13880 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | CCUG 5866 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | ATCC 10031 |
| Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron | ATCC 29741 |
| Bacteroides fragilis | ATCC 25285 |
| Listeria monocytogenes | NCTC 1194 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | CCUG 10937, CCUG 11284 |
| Yersinia ruckeri | CCUG 21537 |
| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | CCUG 5855 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | JH 19, JH 23, Box 27/3 |
| Yersinia frederiksenii | 176-36/80 |
| Yersinia kristensenii | Y891 |
| Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium | 51K61 |
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Strains with designations including the following abbreviations are from the indicated sources: ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; SMRICC, Swedish Meat Research Institute Culture Collection; SVA, Swedish National Veterinary Institute; CCUG, Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden; NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, England.