[Table/Fig-2]:
List of bacteria subjected for testing the specificity of stkG gene specific primers
| Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica reference strains | No. of isolates | Antigen structure | stkG gene | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sero-group | Serovar | O | H-1 | H2 | ||
| A | ParaTyphi A (ATCC 9150) | 1 | 1,2,12 | a | - | + |
| ParaTyphi B (ATCC 10719) | 1 | 4,5,12 | b | 1,2 | - | |
| B. | Typhimurium (ATCC700720) | 1 | 4,5,12 | i | 1,2 | - |
| Heidelberg (ATCC 41578) | 1 | 1 ,4,5,12 | r | 1,2 | + | |
| C. | ParaTyphi C (ATCC 13428) | 1 | 6,7 | c | 1,5 | - |
| D. | Typhi (MTCC 3216) | 1 | 9,12,(Vi) | d | - | - |
| Enteritidis (ATCC 13076) | 1 | 1,9,12 | g, m | - | - | |
| Clinical isolates (Salmonella and other gram negative bacteria) | ||||||
| Salmonella ParaTyphi A | 27 | + | ||||
| Salmonella Typhimurium | 15 | - | ||||
| Salmonella Typhi | 36 | - | ||||
| Salmonella ParaTyphi C | 5 | - | ||||
| Salmonella ParaTyphi B | 4 | - | ||||
| Citrobacter freundii | 1 | - | ||||
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 3 | - | ||||
| Shigella dysenteriae | 5 | - | ||||
| Shigella flexneri | 6 | - | ||||
| Proteus vulgaris | 3 | - | ||||
| Proteus mirabilis | 4 | - | ||||
| Escherichia coli | 1 | - | ||||
| Klebsiella pneumonia | 3 | - | ||||
| Morganella morganii | 5 | - | ||||