Table 1.

Strains used in this study.

Species	Strain	Remarks
Foodborne pathogen mix
Proteus vulgaris	ATCC 8427
Klebsiella pneumoniae	ATCC 13883
Shigella dysenteriae	ATCC 11835
Escherichia coli O157H7	EDL933
Mannheimia haemolytica	Z13
Vibrio vulnificus	Z86
Citrobacter braakii	ATCC 12012
Salmonella typhimurium	71-471
Aeromonas hydrophila	Z22
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	ATCC 27853
Listeria monocytogenes	ATCC 15313
Streptococcus pyogenes	ATCC 19615
Enterococcus faecalis	ATCC 29212
Micrococcus lysodeikticus	Z9
Staphylococcus aureus	Z13
Campylobacter jejuni	ATCC 11168
Yersinia spp. mix
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis	ATCC 29833
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis	Turku
Yersinia enterocolitica	ATCC 23715
Yersinia kristensenii	ATCC 33638
Yersinia frederiksenii	ATCC 33641
Yersinia intermedia	ATCC 29909
Bacillus spp. mix
Bacillus cereus	ATCC 14579
Bacillus subtilis	NWBL 0060
Bacillus thuringiensis	ATCC 10792
Bacillus coagulans	ATCC 7050
Yersinia pestis strains
Yersinia pestis	Pp 1967	Wild-type isolate
Yersinia pestis	195/P	Wild-type isolate
Yersinia pestis	6/69H+	Wild-type isolate
Yersinia pestis	M23	Wild-type isolate
Yersinia pestis	Yokohama	Wild-type isolate
Yersinia pestis	CO92	NCBI Genome Ref Seq: NC_003143.1 [11]
Bacillus anthracis strains
Bacillus anthracis	Ames	NCBI Genome Ref Seq: NC_003997.3 [10]
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 44	isolate from moose, NWT Canada in Aug 1993
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 56	isolate from cattle, ON Canada in Aug 1996
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 79	isolate from bear, NWT Canada in Jul 2000
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 127	isolate from caprine, BC Canada in Dec 2001
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 131	isolate from soil, Canada, date N/A
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 252	isolate from cattle, SK Canada in Jul 2006
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 59	isolate from bison, MB Canada in Jul 1998 Cap-
Bacillus anthracis	Ba 158	ATCC 4229 Tox–(pXO1-)
Bacillus anthracis	Sterne	NCBI Genome Ref Seq: NC_005945.1(pXO2-)