TABLE 1.
Reference bacterial strains used to validate the Streptococcus-specific assay
| Strain |
|---|
| Gram-positive bacteria (58 species) |
| Abiotrophia defectiva ATCC 49176 |
| E. avium ATCC 14025 |
| E. casseliflavus ATCC 25788 |
| E. dispar ATCC 51266 |
| E. durans ATCC 19432 |
| E. faecalis ATCC 19433 |
| E. faecium ATCC 19434 |
| E. gallinarum ATCC 49573 |
| E. hirae ATCC 8043 |
| E. mundtii ATCC 43186 |
| E. raffinosus ATCC 49427 |
| E. solitarius ATCC 49428 |
| Gemella haemolysans ATCC 10379 |
| Granulicatella adiacens ATCC 49175 |
| Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 |
| L. lactis subsp. lactis ATCC 11454 |
| Leifsonia aquatica ATCC 14665 |
| Listeria ivanovii ATCC 19119 |
| Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 15313 |
| Listeria seeligeri ATCC 35967 |
| Micrococcus luteus ATCC 9341 |
| Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 |
| Staphylococcus capitis subsp. capitis ATCC 27840 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 14990 |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus ATCC 29970 |
| Staphylococcus hominis subsp. hominis ATCC 27844 |
| Staphylococcus lugdunensis ATCC 43809 |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus ATCC 15305 |
| Staphylococcus simulans ATCC 27848 |
| Staphylococcus warneri ATCC 27836 |
| S. acidominimus ATCC 51726 |
| S. agalactiae ATCC 13813 |
| S. anginosus ATCC 33397 |
| S. bovis ATCC 33317 |
| S. constellatus subsp. constellatus ATCC 27823 |
| S. criceti ATCC 19642 |
| S. cristatus ATCC 51100 |
| S. downei ATCC 33748 |
| S. dysgalactiae ATCC 43078 |
| S. equi subsp. equi ATCC 9528 |
| S. ferus ATCC 33477 |
| S. gordonii ATCC 10558 |
| S. intermedius ATCC 27335 |
| S. macacae ATCC 35911 |
| S. mitis ATCC 49456 |
| S. mutans ATCC 25175 |
| S. oralis ATCC 35037 |
| S. parasanguinis ATCC 15912 |
| S. parauberis DMS 6631 |
| S. pneumoniae ATCC 27336 |
| S. pyogenes ATCC 19615 |
| S. ratti ATCC 19645 |
| S. salivarius ATCC 7073 |
| S. sanguinis ATCC 10556 |
| S. sobrinus ATCC 27352 |
| S. suis ATCC 43765 |
| S. uberis ATCC 19436 |
| S. vestibularis ATCC 49124 |
| Gram-negative bacteria (44 species) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606 |
| Acinetobacter haemolyticus ATCC 17906 |
| Bordetella pertussis ATCC 9797 |
| Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 25416 |
| Citrobacter koseri ATCC 27028 |
| Citrobacter freundii ATCC 8090 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC 13048 |
| Enterobacter cloacae ATCC 13047 |
| Pantoea agglomerans ATCC 27155 |
| Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 |
| Haemophilus ducreyi ATCC 33940 |
| Haemophilus haemolyticus ATCC 33390 |
| Haemophilus influenzae ATCC 9007 |
| Haemophilus parahaemolyticus ATCC 10014 |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae ATCC 7901 |
| Hafnia alvei ATCC 13337 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca ATCC 13182 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae ATCC 13883 |
| Moraxella atlantae ATCC 29525 |
| Moraxella catarrhalis ATCC 25240 |
| Moraxella osloensis ATCC 19976 |
| Morganella morganii subsp. morganii ATCC 25830 |
| Neisseria caviae ATCC 14659 |
| Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata ATCC 25295 |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae ATCC 35201 |
| Neisseria meningitidis ATCC 13077 |
| Neisseria mucosa ATCC 19696 |
| Pasteurella aerogenes ATCC 27883 |
| Proteus hauseri ATCC 13315 |
| Proteus mirabilis ATCC 25933 |
| Providencia alcalifaciens ATCC 9886 |
| Providencia rettgeri ATCC 9250 |
| Providencia rustigianii ATCC 33673 |
| Providencia stuartii ATCC 29914 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 13525 |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri ATCC 17588 |
| Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 14028 |
| Serratia marcescens ATCC 8100 |
| Shigella flexneri ATCC 12022 |
| Shigella sonnei ATCC 29930 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ATCC 13843 |
| Suttonella indologenes ATCC 25869 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC 9610 |