TABLE 1.
Bacterial strains used in this study.
| Species | Strain No. (sourcea) | Total |
| E. CLOACAE REFERENCE STRAINS | ||
| O1 | 11570 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O3 | 11572 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O4 | 11573 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O5 | 11574 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O6 | 11575 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O7 | 11576 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O8 | 11577 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O9 | 11578 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O10 | 11579 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O11 | 11580 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O12 | 11581 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O13 | 11582 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O14 | 11583 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O15 | 11584 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O16 | 11585 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O17 | 11586 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O18 | 11587 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O19 | 11588 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O20 | 11589 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O21 | 11590 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O22 | 11591 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O23 | 11592 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O24 | 11593 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O26 | 11595 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O27 | 11596 (NCTC) | 1 |
| O30 | 11932 (NCTC) | 1 |
| E. cloacae clinical isolates | 81 | |
| Strains From Other Species (n = 16) | ||
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 12058 (DSM), 30053 (DSM), 51697 (ATCC), 35029 (ATCC) | 4 |
| Enterobacter sakazakii | 3460 (CCM), 3461 (CCM), 24133 (JCM) | 3 |
| Klebsiella pneumonia | 46102 (CMCC), 46112 (CMCC) 46105 (ATCC) | 3 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 51872 (ATCC), 35669 (ATCC) | 2 |
| Proteus vulgaris | 49990 (ATCC) | 1 |
| Salmonella typhi | 50071-9 (CMCC) | 1 |
| Salmonella paratyphi | 50017-15b (CMCC) | 1 |
| Shigella flexneri 2a | 700930 (ATCC) | 1 |
aNCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures, United Kingdom; ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, USA; DSM, German National Resource Centre for Biological Material; CCM, Czech Collection of microorganisms; CMCC, National Centerfor Medical Culture Collections; JCM, Japan Collection of Microorganisms.