TABLE 1.

Bacterial isolates evaluated by real-time PCR

Strain	Sourcea	PCR resultb
V. vulnificus
MO6-24/O	Clinical, Calif.	+
MO6-24/T	MO6-24/O phase variant	+
MO6-24/31T	MO6-24/O acapsular mutant	+
CVD752	MO6-24/O acapsular mutant	+
CVD737	MO6-24/O acapsular mutant	+
E4125/O	Clinical	+
NJMSA/O	Clinical, N.J.	+
BO6312/O	Clinical, Md.	+
52785/O	Clinical, N.Y.	+
6353/O	Clinical, Md.	+
1015H	Clinical, La.	+
EDL174/O	Clinical, Ga.	+
LC4/O	Clinical	+
LC4/T	LC4/O phase variant	+
5C1326/O	Clinical, Md.	+
85A667/O	Clinical, Calif.	+
2400112	Clinical, Fla.	+
LL728	Clinical, Fla.	+
VV1009	Environmental, Fla.	+
345/O	Environmental, La.	+
345/T	345/O phase variant	+
UNCC 913	Environmental, N.C.	+
UNCC1015	Environmental, N.C.	+
MLT 365	Environmental, Fla.	+
MLT 367	Environmental, Fla.	+
MLT 403	Environmental, Fla.	+
409/O	Unknown	+
80363/O	Unknown	+
V. cholerae
NRT36S	Clinical, Japan	−
JVB52	NRT36S phase variant	−
A 5	Environmental	−
JVB25	Unknown	−
2076	Unknown	−
YVY 210	Unknown	−
YVY 212	Unknown	−
V. parahaemolyticus
ATCO 1782	Clinical, Japan	−
NY 3547	Clinical, N.Y.	−
TX2103	Clinical, Tex.	−
NY3483	Clinical, N.Y.	−
10290	Clinical, Wash.	−
ATCC 43996	Clinical, England	−
Salmonella enterica
Cholerasius 10708	Clinical	−
Enteridis 13076	Clinical	−
L. monocytogenes
ATCC 7644	Clinical	−
ATCC 49594	Clinical	−
E. coli
O157:H7	Clinical	−
JM109	K-12	−
ATCC 25922	Clinical, Wash.	−
P. aeruginosa ATCC 15442	Environmental	−
Shigella flexneri ATCC 12022	Clinical	−

^aSuppliers of bacterial strains are provided in the text.

^bReal-time PCR assay results are shown as either positive ΔR_n (+) or no observed amplification (−) as described in Materials and Methods.