Table 1.

Salmonella and non-Salmonella strains used to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of the developed PCR system.

	Strain	Serovar/Species	Source	flhB-PCR result (182 bp/379 bp)
Salmonella	C50041	Enteritidis	Laboratory stock	–/+
	C50336	Enteritidis	Laboratory stock	–/+
	S06004	Pullorum	Laboratory stock	+/–
	6508	Pullorum	Isolate from chicken	+/–
	SG9	Gallinarum	Wigley et al., 2005	+/–
	SL5928	Dublin	Laboratory stock	–/+
	T3	Uganda	Cai et al., 2016	–/+
	T9	Meleagridis	Li et al., 2016	–/+
	T8	Anatis	Li et al., 2016	–/+
	G2	London	Cai et al., 2016	–/+
	ZX	Rissen	Cai et al., 2016	–/+
	Y7	Derby	Cai et al., 2016	–/+
	Y8	Typhimurium	Li et al., 2016	–/+
	C500	Choleraesuis	Laboratory stock	–/+
	ZH65	Indiana	Cai et al., 2016	–/+
	ZH5	Sinstorf	Laboratory stock	–/+
	ZH10	Newlands	Isolate from cattle	–/+
	ZH24	Muenster	Laboratory stock	–/+
	ZH82	Yoruba	Isolate from pig	–/+
	G449	Dumfries	Laboratory stock	–/+
	G241	Kentucky	Laboratory stock	–/+
	G382	Agona	Laboratory stock	–/+
	ZH35	Thompson	Cai et al., 2016	–/+
	P192	Senftenberg	Laboratory stock	–/+
	G439	Blockley	Laboratory stock	–/+
	G86	Inchpark	Laboratory stock	–/+
	P122	Virchow	Laboratory stock	–/+
	P74	Farsta	Laboratory stock	–/+
	G85	Dabou	Laboratory stock	–/+
Non-Salmonella	H37Rv	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	ATCC 27294	–/–
	11168	Campylobacter jejuni	ATCC 700819	–/–
	110	Campylobacter jejuni	Isolate from chicken	–/–
	S19	Brucella abortus	Laboratory stock	–/–
	EGDe	Listeria monocytogenes	ATCC BAA-679	–/–
	JS15	Listeria monocytogenes	Isolate from sheep	–/–
	1314	Escherichia coli	Isolate from chicken	–/–
	1352	Escherichia coli	Isolate from chicken	–/–