Table 1.
Sources of the investigated species
| Organism | Strain | Biovar | Sourcea |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. abortus | BA544 | 1 | ERL |
| 08RB1648 (field strain) | 3 | BfR | |
| 08RB1653 (field strain) | 4 | BfR | |
| B. canis | RM6/66 | ERL | |
| B. ceti | NCTC 12891 | SAC | |
| B. melitensis | BM16M | 1 | ERL |
| 09RB5269 (field strain) | 2 | FLI | |
| 09RB5696 (field strain) | 3 | FLI | |
| B. microti | CCM 4915 | IMB | |
| B. pinnipedialis | NCTC 12890 | SAC | |
| B. suis | BS1330 | 1 | ERL |
| 09RB5757 (field strain) | 2 | FLI | |
| 09RB5758 (field strain) | 2 | FLI | |
| E. coli | DSM 613 | DSMZ | |
| DSM 1085 | DSMZ | ||
| O. anthropi | ATCC 49188 | DSMZ | |
| 10RB0263 (field strain) | FLI | ||
| O. intermedia | DSM 17986 | DSMZ | |
| 06RB0416 (field strain) | FLI | ||
| P. aeruginosa | DSM 1117 | DSMZ | |
| DSM 50071 | DSMZ | ||
| P. fluorescens | DSM 50106 | DSMZ | |
| P. fragi | DSM 3456 | DSMZ | |
| P. putida | DSM 291 | DSMZ | |
| P. stutzeri | DSM 5190 | DSMZ | |
| Y. enterocolitica | DSM 4780, O:3 | DSMZ | |
| DSM 11504, O:5,27 | DSMZ |
a
ERL, European Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Maisons Alfort, France; IMB, Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany; FLI, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Jena, Germany; DSMZ, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.