Table 1.
Bacterial strains and their sources employed in this study
| No | Bacteria | Serovar | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The target strains | |||
| 1 | E. coli | O157:H7 | NIHE |
| 2 | E. coli | O157:H7 | HCMUS |
| 3 | E. coli | O157:H7 | NLU |
| 4 | Salmonella enteritidis | ATCC13076 | |
| 5 | Listeria monocytogenes | ATCC19111 | |
| The non-target strains | |||
| 1 | E. coli | ATCC 11775 | |
| 2 | E. coli | ATCC 25922 | |
| 3 | E. coli (Ahmed et al. 2015) | Clinical isolate | |
| 4 | E. coli (Amagliani et al. 2004) | Clinical isolate | |
| 5 | E. coli (Aranda et al. 2007) | Chicken isolate | |
| 6 | E. coli (Cetinkaya et al. 2014) | Beef isolate | |
| 7 | E. coli (Coffey et al. 2011) | Salad isolate | |
| 8 | Clostridium perfringens | ATCC13124 | |
| 9 | Bacillus cereus | ATCC11778 | |
| 10 | Shigella sonnei | ATCC 9290 | |
| 11 | V. cholerae | ATCC17802 | |
ATCC American Type Culture Collection, NIHE National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, HCMUS HCM University of Science, NLU Nong Lam University