Table 1.
Organisms used for the development of mPCR/RLB assay
| Organism | Isolate name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| B. anthracis | BA-1 to BA-18 and BA-21 to BA-29 | Human isolates |
| B. anthracis | WB and O2 | Soil isolates |
| B. anthracis | Sterne | Vaccine strain |
| Y. pestis | Yp4, Yp8, Yp9, Yp101 to Yp108, YpS1 to YpS3 | Human isolates |
| Y. pestis | Yp111 to Yp117 | Rodent isolates |
| B. melitensis | Bm1 to Bm7 | Human isolates |
| B. melitensis | 16 M | Vaccine strain |
| B. pseudomallei | Bps 2 to Bps 12 | Human isolates |
| B. pseudomallei | Bps Soil | Soil isolate |
| B. cereus | ATCC 10876, ATCC 10371, ATCC 13061, ATCC 11778 | |
| B. thuringiensis | MTCC 869 | |
| Y. enterocolitica | ATCC 23715, MTCC 3101, MTCC 3100 | |
| Y. pseudotuberculosis | Strain 1b | |
| Y. kristensenii | ATCC 33639 | |
| Y. federicksenii | ||
| B. abortus | U38, U39 | Cattle isolate |
| B. abortus | NCTC 10093 | |
| B. abortus | S19 | Vaccine strain |
| B. mallei | NCTC 10230 | |
| Salmonella typhimurium | MTCC98 | |
| Salmonella typhi | MTCC734 | |
| Shigella boydi | ATCC9207 | |
| Escherichia coli | BL-21 | |
| Leptospira interogans | ATCC23470 |
ATCC American type culture collection, MTCC microbial type culture collection, NCTC national culture type collection