TABLE 5.

Genetic analysis of putative ESBL-producing spinach saprophytes

Strain	Spinach type	Size (bp) of sequenced DNA fragment (accession no.)	Position (bp) of sequence on matched sequence	Matched sequence(s) in NCBI database (organism of origin, sequence length [bp], accession no.), % match
Pseudomonas putida
S24-M	Organic	479	47-525	CTX-M-15 (Salmonella enterica, 619, HQ589352.1), 100
MS40-16	Nonorganic	444	87-526	CTX-M-15 (Salmonella enterica, 619, HQ589352.1), 100
Pseudomonas teessidea
MS40-13	Nonorganic	712	10-722	CTX-M-15 (E. coli, 876, HQ157357.1), 100
Rahnella aquatilis
MS32-6A	Organic	523 (HQ339921)	67-552	RAHN-2 (Rahnella sp. 366, 655, GU584921.1), 99
MS32-6C	Organic	523 (HQ339922)	67-552	RAHN-2 (Rahnella sp. 366, 655, GU584921.1), 99
MS37-1	Organic	489 (HQ339923)	250-737	RAHN-2 (Rahnella sp. 344, 887, GU584905.1), 99
Serratia fonticola
MS23-3	Nonorganic	522 (HQ339919)	217-738	FONR-5 (transcriptional regulator) and FONA-5 (beta-lactamase) (Serratia fonticola, 888, AJ251243.1), 98
MS26-1	Nonorganic	523 (HQ339920)	216-738	FONR-5 (transcriptional regulator) and FONA-5 (beta-lactamase) (Serratia fonticola, 888, AJ251243.1), 98