Table 2.

Bacterial strains used in this study.

	Bacteria strains
S. Typhi strains	S. Typhi ATCC7251 (Positive control), 30local S. Typhi isolates
Other Salmonella serovars	1.S. Typhimurium ATCC14028, 2.S. Typhimurium MOB 778/05, 3.S.Choleraesuis ATCC7001, 4.S. Paratyphi B MK160/05, 5.S. Paratyphi B MR729/04, 6.S.Paratyphi C MOB2592/05, 7.S.Braenderup MOB316/06, 8.S.Walter MOB269/06, 9. S. Paratyphi A, 10.S. Uppsala D1354/07, 11.S. Farsta D1361K/07, 12.S. BrooklynD1726K07, 13.S. Richmond D1832K/07, 14.S. Bordes D1874K/07, 15.S. Bordeaux D2213K/07, 16.S. Ayton D2599K/07, 17.S. Virchow D267K/07, 18.S. Rissen D3125K/07, 19.S. Idikan MOB265/05, 20.S. Abony D3886K/07, 21. S. Limete D3872K/07, 22.S. Albert MK516/06, 23. S. Eppendorf MOB120/05, 24.S. Corvallis MOB1254/06, 25.S. Hato MOB3233/05, 26.S.Poona ATCC04840, 27.S.Heidelberg 3293/07, 28.S. Kibi ATCC7001, 29.S.Emek MK160/05, 30.S. Kissi MR729/04, 31.S. Djakarta MOB2592/05, 32.S. Vegasack MOB316/06, 33.S. Assimie MOB269/06, 34.S. DraganaB15527/05, 35.S. Lavochelle D1354/07, 36.S. Tshiogure D1361K/07, 37.S. Tshiogure D1726K07, 38.S. Oramien D1832K/07
Non Salmonella species	1.Escherichia coli (E.coli) E91EHEC, 2.E.coli B2426, 3.E. coli B1776, 4.E. coli 03–5446, 5.E. coli 0156C, 6.E. coli 0157C, 7.E.coli E89, 8.Shigella flexneri (Sh. flexneri) S307/IMR, 9.Sh. flexneri SF480, 10.Sh. Boydii S631/IMR, 11.Sh.sonnei S37/IMR, 12.Sh. dysentery S375/IMR, 13.Acinetobacter baumannii Malaysian isolate, 14.Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) SP1203/03, 15.Pseudomonas aeruginosa Malaysian isolate, 16.Vibrio cholerae (V. cholera) J2119, 17.V. cholerae J2127, 18.K. pneumoniae U8580, 19.E.coli E104 EHEC

S: Salmonella; E: Escherichia; Sh: Shigella; V: Vibrio; K: Klebsiella.