Table 1.

Campylobacter strains used in the present study.

Isolation source	Strain designation	Specie	Isolation place	Isolation source	Strain designation	Specie	Isolation place
Chicken Food Chain (FC)	FC1	C. jejuni	Cloacal swab slaughterhouse	Clinical (C)	C1	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC2	C. jejuni	Defeathering machine		C2	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC3	C. jejuni	Dirty crate		C3	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC4	C. jejuni	Clean crate		C4	C. jejuni	Digestive unit
	FC5	C. coli	Hamburger retail		C5	C. coli	Pediatric unit
	FC6	C. coli	Drumstick retail		C6	C. coli	Internal medicine unit
	FC7	C. coli	Cutting table		C7	C. coli	Internal medicine unit
	FC8	C. coli	Clean mince machine		C8	C. coli	Digestive unit
	FC9	C. jejuni	Boot sock		C9	C. coli	Pediatric unit
	FC10	C. jejuni	Fecal swab		C10	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC11	C. jejuni	Fecal swab		C11	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC12	C. jejuni	Cutting table		C12	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC13	C. jejuni	Breast deboning		C13	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC14	C. coli	Carcass before chilling		C14	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC15	C. jejuni	Drumstick retail		C15	C. jejuni	Pediatric unit
	FC16	C. coli	Hamburger retail		C16	C. coli	Surgery unit
	FC17	C. coli	Hamburger retail		C17	C. coli	Pediatric unit
	FC18	C. coli	Hamburger retail		C18	C. coli	Microbiology unit
	FC19	C. jejuni	Clean mince machine		C19	C. coli	Traumatology unit
	FC20	C. jejuni	Hamburger retail		C20	C. coli	Gastroenterology unit

All the strains used are from the CIAL collection of microbial cultures.