Table 1.
Growth and color of colonies of strains used to test the specificity of YECA media.
| Strains obtained from | Name of the strains | Growth* and color of colonies on CIN plate | Growth and color of colonies on YeCM plate | Growth and color of colonies on YECA plate |
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| Yersinia RNC from Pasteur Institute (Paris, France) | Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 2 (IP383) | +++++ red with a translucent rim | +++++ red bull's-eye-like | +++++ small red fuchsia |
| Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 3 (IP29228) | +++++ red with a translucent rim | +++++ red bull's-eye-like | +++++ small red fuchsia | |
| Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 4 (IP134) | +++++ red with a translucent rim | +++++ red bull's-eye-like | +++++ small red fuchsia | |
| Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A (IP124) | +++++ red with a translucent rim | +++++ blue-purple | + violet colonies (5) | |
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| Collection of the Pasteur Institute (Paris, France) | Yersinia aldovae (CIP103162) | +++++ red with translucent rim | +++++ yellow/redwith translucent rim | + small red fuchsia (1) |
| Yersinia bercovieri (CIP103323) | +++++ red with translucent rim | +++++ yellow/redwith translucent rim | ++ yellow/small red fuchsia | |
| Yersinia frederiksenii (CIP80.29) | +++++ red with translucent rim | +++++ blue to green | ++ green/small red fuchsia | |
| Yersinia kristensenii (CIP80.30) | +++++ red with translucent rim | ++++redwith translucent rim | ++ pink//small red fuchsia | |
| Yersinia massiliensis (CIP109351) | +++++ red with translucent rim | +++++ green | ++ green/small red fuchsia | |
| Yersinia mollaretii (CIP103324) | +++++ red with translucent rim | +++++ yellow/redwith translucent rim | + small red fuchsia (1) | |
| Yersinia rohdei (CIP103163) | +++++ red with translucent rim | +++++ yellow/redwith translucent rim | + pink (1) | |
| Yersinia ruckeri (CIP82.80) | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
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| Collection of the Pasteur Institute (Paris, France) | Salmonella Typhimurium (CIP55.43) | No growth | No growth | No growth |
| Campylobacter jejuni (CIP70.2) | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
| Enterococcus faecalis (CIP55/42) | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
| Lactobacillus plantarum (CIP103151) | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens (CIP525) | +++++ yellow | +++++ yellow | + pink | |
| Brochothrix thermosphacta (CIP103251) | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
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| Field strains from Anses collection | Listeria monocytogenes | No growth | No growth | No growth |
| Escherichia coli | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
| Klebsiella sp. | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
| Proteus mirabilis | No growth | No growth | No growth | |
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| Strains from Fondrevez et al., (2010) | Morganella morganii | +++++ yellow | +++++ yellow | ++ yellow/pink |
| Pseudomonas sp. | +++++ yellow | +++++ yellow | + pink | |
| Serratia liquefaciens | +++++ pink with translucent rim | +++++ green | ++++ green/blue/pink | |
*Growth was measured from no growth (absence of colonies) to 5 +++++ (important culture with numerous colonies).