Table 1. Target and non-target microorganisms used for testing candidate oligonucleotide probes.
Microorganism |
Species and strain no.a |
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Target | |
Acanthamoeba
(n=20) |
Acanthamoeba castellanii ATCC 30,010, ATCC 50,370, ATCC 50,374
Acanthamoeba culbertsoni ATCC 30,171
Acanthamoeba griffini ATCC 30,731, ATCC 50,702
Acanthamoeba hatchetti ATCC 30,730, ATCC 50,672
Acanthamoeba jacobsi ATCC 30,732
Acanthamoeba lugdunensis ATCC 50,240
Acanthamoeba mauritaniensis ATCC 50,676
Acanthamoeba palestinensis ATCC 30,870, ATCC 50,708
Acanthamoeba polyphaga ATCC 30,461, ATCC 30,487, ATCC 30,873
Acanthamoeba pustulosa ATCC 50,252
Acanthamoeba quina ATCC 50,241
Acanthamoeba rhysodes ATCC 30,973, ATCC 50,368 |
Microsporidia (n=3) | Encephalitozoon cuniculi ATCC 50,789 Encephalitozoon hellem ATCC 50,504 Encephalitozoon intestinalis ATCC 50,651 |
Non-target | |
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Bacteria
(n=20) |
Escherichia coli BCRC 13,095, BCRC 15,481
Klebsiella pneumoniae BCRC 11,644, CCUG 15,938
Mycobacterium chelonae ATCC 35,752, CCUG 37,827
Mycobacterium fortuitum ATCC 6841, ATCC 19,542
Nocardia farcinica BCRC 13,364, BCRC 13,380
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27,853, BCRC 10,944
Serratia marcescens BCRC 10,768, BCRC 10,948
Staphylococcus aureus BCRC 10,780, BCRC 14,957
Staphylococcus epidermidis BCRC 14,976, BCRC 14,988
Streptococcus pneumoniae BCRC 10,794, BCRC 14,733 |
Fungi (n=20) | Alternaria alternata BCRC 32,888, CBS 109,455 Aspergillus flavus BCRC 30,006, BCRC 30,009 Aspergillus fumigatus BCRC 30,502, BCRC 32,120 Candida albicans BCRC 20,511, BCRC 20,512 Candida parapsilosis BCRC 20,515, BCRC 21,253 Curvularia pallescens CBS 156.35, CBS 102,694 Curvularia senegalensis CBS 149.71, CBS 102,171 Fusarium oxysporum ATCC 26,225, CBS 798.95 Fusarium solani BCRC 32,446, BCRC 32,448 Penicillium lilacinum BCRC 31,616, CBS 100,229 |
aATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va., USA; BCRC: Bioresources Collection and Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan; CBS, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrech, The Netherlands; CCUG, Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, Sweden.