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TABLE 2.

Bacillus species used for sensitivity and specificity testing of the real-time chromosomal PCR assay

Organism Strain ATCC accession no. PA Cap
Bacillus anthracis CDC 471 NEG NEG
Bacillus anthracis Delta-UM23-1-1 NEG NEG
Bacillus anthracis 183 NEG NEG
Bacillus anthracis Delta-ANR-SWS NEG NEG
Bacillus anthracis Delta Sterne NEG NEG
Bacillus anthracis Delta-NH-1 NEG POS
Bacillus anthracis 4229 NEG POS
Bacillus anthracis 1928 NEG POS
Bacillus anthracis 4728 NEG POS
Bacillus anthracis 107 NEG POS
Bacillus anthracis V770-NP-1R POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis ST1 POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis Arkansas POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis SK-465 POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis SK-102 POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis SK-61 POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis ST-15 POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis Ger. LVS POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis M POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis Sterne (British) POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis V770-NP1-R POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis SPS 97.13.213 POS NEG
Bacillus anthracis CDC 607 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis Delta-Ames-1 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis Vollum 1 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis Vollum 1B POS POS
Bacillus anthracis English Vollum POS POS
Bacillus anthracis Ames POS POS
Bacillus anthracis Buffalo POS POS
Bacillus anthracis NH POS POS
Bacillus anthracis V770-2P POS POS
Bacillus anthracis FLA-V770 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis V770 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis 108 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis 205 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis 57 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis N994 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis SK-162 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis SK-128 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis N-99 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis SK-31 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis G-28 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis SPS 97.13.079 POS POS
Bacillus anthracis NH POS POS
Bacillus anthracis Vollum POS POS
Bacillus cereus 7039 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 12480 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 13472 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 13824 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 14603 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 14893 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 15816 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 19625 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 19637 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21182 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21366 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21634 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21768 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21769 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21770 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21771 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21772 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 21928 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 25621 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 27348 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 27522 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 27877 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 31293 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 31429 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 31430 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 33018 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 33019 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 43881 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 53522 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 55055 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 700282 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 9139 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 9818 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 10876 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 13061 NEG NEG
Bacillus cereus 10987 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 10792 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 13366 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 13367 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 19266 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 19267 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 19268 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 19269 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 19270 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 29730 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 33679 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 39152 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis 35646 NEG NEG
Bacillus thuringiensis NA NEG NEG
Bacillus subtilis 6633 NEG NEG
Bacillus subtilis var. niger NA NEG NEG
Bacillus subtilis var. niger 9372 NEG NEG
Bacillus macerans 8244 NEG NEG
Bacillus stearothermophilus 7953 NEG NEG
Bacillus popilliae 14706 NEG NEG
Bacillus coagulane 7050 NEG NEG
Bacillus licheniforms 12759 NEG NEG
Bacillus halodurans 21591D NEG NEG
Bacillus brevis 8246 NEG NEG
Bacillus mycoides 31101 NEG NEG
Bacillus mycoides 21929 NEG NEG
Bacillus species 813+ #11 NEG NEG
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Abbreviations: ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; PA, protective antigen protein encoded by the pXO1 plasmid; Cap, capsule proteins encoded by the pXO2 plasmid; NA, not available; POS, positive; NEG, negative.