TABLE 1.

Strains used in this study and their culture conditions

Organism(s)	Culture conditions
Candida species: Candida albicans ATCC 10231, Candida tropicalis ATCC 750, Candida guilliermondii ATCC 6260, Candida parapsilosis ATCC 22019, Candida glabrata ATCC 2001,
Candida krusei ATCC 6258	Sabouraud dextrose agar, 35°C, 48 h
Other fungal species: Trichosporon cutaneum IFM40140, Trichosporon asahii IFM48575, Trichosporon montevideense IFM51966, Trichosporon mucoides IFM48611, Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolate no. 365, Cryptococcus curvatus clinical isolate no. 334,
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa IFM48529, Saccharomyces cerevisiae IFM40022	Sabouraud dextrose agar, 35°C, 48 h
Bacterial species
Staphylococcus aureus FDA209P, Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolate no. 1, Micrococcus luteus ATCC 9341, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212, Enterococcus faecium NCTC12204, Escherichia coli NIHJ JC-2, Citrobacter freundii ATCC 8090, Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTN9632, Klebsiella oxytoca clinical isolate no. 1, Proteus mirabilis IFO3849, Proteus vulgaris OX-19, Morganella morganii IIDKono, Serratia marcescens IFO12648, Enterobacter cloacae IFO13535, Enterobacter aerogenes NCTC10006, Pseudomonas aeruginosa E-2,
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus IFO12552	Mueller-Hinton agar, 35°C, 24 h
Listeria monocytogenes clinical isolate no. 1, Corynebacterium sp. clinical isolate no. 1	Trypticase soy agar with 5% sheep blood, 35°C, 24 h
Streptococcus pyogenes GTC262, Streptococcus agalactiae GTC1234	Trypticase soy agar with 5% sheep blood, 35°C, 24 h, 5% CO2
Neisseria gonorrhoeae clinical isolate no. 1	Thayer-Martin selective agar, 35°C, 24 h, 5% CO2
Bacteroides fragilis clinical isolate no. 4	Gifu anaerobic medium agar, 35°C, 2 days, anaerobically
Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393, Lactobacillus gasseri JCM1017, Lactobacillus crispatus JCM1030,
Lactobacillus acidophilus JCM1132	de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe agar, 35°C, 2 days, anaerobically
Chlamydia trachomatis serovar D/UW-3/Cx	Propagation by McCoy cell culture (6)