Table 1.

Identification numbers of equivalent strains of Campylobacter spp. and genes targeted for species-specific qPCR

Species	Strain Number			Gene target
	ATCCa	NCTCb	CCUGc
C. jejuni	33560 d	11,351	11,284	hipO
C. coli	33,559	11,366	11,283	cadF
C. upsaliensis	43,954	11,541	14,193	cpn60
C. lari	35,221	11,352	23,947	cpn60
C. helveticus	51,209	12,470	54,661	cpn60
C. fetus	27,374	10,842	6823A	cpn60
C. hyointestinalis	35,217	11,608	14,169	cpn60
C. concisus	33,237	11,485	13,144	cpn60

^aATCC is American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virginia, USA

^bNCTC is National Collection of Type Cultures, Salisbury, UK

^cCCUG is Culture Collection of the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

^dBold is indicated for strain numbers used in this study