Table 1.

Strains used in this study

Bacterial species	Strain name a	Reference/source/strain/other
Pseudomonas spp.	MF6041	Chicken fillet
	MF6042	Chicken fillet
	MF6043	Chicken fillet
	MF6044	Chicken fillet
B. thermospacta	MF6045	Chicken
	MF6047	Chicken
	MF6049	ATCC11509 b
C. divergens	MF3036	DSM20623 c
	MF6031	Chicken fillet
	MF6032	Chicken fillet
	MF6034	Chicken fillet
	MF6038	Chicken fillet
ESBL‐producing E. coli	MF5658	Chicken d
	MF5660	Chicken d
	MF5664	Chicken d
	MF5670	Broiler d
	MF5674	Broiler d
S. Enteritidis	MF3817	1049‐1‐99 d
	MF3818	Poultry, 61–358‐1 e
	MF3824	ATCC13076 b
L. monocytogenes	MF3508	2230/92 (Nesbakken, 1995)
	MF3509	167 (Blom et al., 1997)
	MF3510	187 (Blom et al., 1997)
	MF3571	EGD‐e (Glaser et al., 2001)
S. aureus	MF2123	ATCC25923 b
	MF2124	ATCC12600 b
	MF2125	ATCC6538 b
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)	MF3572	O103, fermented sausage, linked to outbreak in Norway 2006 (Schimmer et al., 2008) f
	MF3574	ATCC43895 b , O157:H7
	MF3576	O111:H‐, semi‐dry fermented sausage, outbreak Australia 1995 (Paton et al., 1996) g
	MF5554	O145 (McLeod et al., 2016)

^aAntibiotic resistant strains. All strains were grown in their respective medium with 200 µg/ml rifampicin, except ESBL‐producing E. coli grown in medium with 50 µg/ml ampicillin.

^bATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA.

^cDSM, Deutsche Sammlung von Microorganismen und Zellkulturen, Braunschweig, Germany.

^dKindly received from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway.

^eKindly received from the Technical University of Denmark, the National Veterinary Institute, Denmark.

^fKindly received from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway.

^gKindly received from Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.