Table 1.
Bacterial strains tested for lysin sensitivity
| Bacteria | Strain |
Comment |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set I. Group A Streptococci | |||
| Group A Streptococcus | J17A4 | Grouping strain | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | JRS75 | No M protein | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | D710 | Class I (M1) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | D471 | Class I (M6) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | A374 | Class I (M12) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | 1RP43 | Class I (M19) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | 1RP256 | Class II (M2) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | D691 | Class II (M11) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | D734 | Class II (M22) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | A945 | Class II (M49) | 1 |
| Group A Streptococcus | A486 variant | No A carbohydrate | 1 |
| Set II. Other Lancefield Groups | |||
| Group B Streptococcus | 090R | 1 | |
| Group C Streptococcus | 26RP66 | 1 | |
| Group D Streptococcus | D76 | 1 | |
| Group E Streptococcus | K131 | 1 | |
| Group F Streptococcus | F68D | 1 | |
| Group G Streptococcus | D166B | 1 | |
| Group L Streptococcus | D167A | 1 | |
| Group N Streptococcus | C559 | 1 | |
| Set III. Oral Streptococci | |||
| Streptococcus crista | PK1408 | AKA CC5A strep. | 2 |
| Streptococcus intermedius | PK2821 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus gordonii | FSS2 | 3 | |
| Streptococcus gordonii | DL1 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus gordonii | PK488 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus gordonii | PK2565 | Blackburn strain | 2 |
| Streptococcus mitis | J22 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus mutans | NG5 | 4 | |
| Streptococcus mutans | Ingbritt 175 | 4 | |
| Streptococcus oralis | H1 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus oralis | PK34 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus parasanguis | PK2564 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus salivarius | ATCC 9222 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus salivarius | ATCC 7945 | 2 | |
| Set IV. Non-strep. Bacteria | |||
| Bacillus pumulis | BJ0050 | 3 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | RN 6390 | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | BJ0018 | 3 | |
| Escherichia coli | JM83 | Gram-negative | 1 |
| Neisseria lactamicus | Gram-negative | 1 | |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | W83 | Gram-negative | 5 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | PA01 | Gram-negative | 1 |
1, The Rockefeller University Collection; 2, Paul Kolenbrander, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD; 3, John Mayo, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; 4, Arnold Blelweis, Department of Dental Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and 5, James Travis, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.