TABLE 1.
Bacterial strains used in this study
| Microorganism | No. of strains tested |
|---|---|
| Fermenters | |
| Aeromonas hydrophila | 5 |
| Aeromonas spp. | 10 |
| Citrobacter freundii | 30 |
| Citrobacter koseri | 11 |
| Escherichia coli | 222 |
| Escherichia vulneris | 3 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 28 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 31 |
| Enterobacter sakazakii | 4 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 84 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 5 |
| Morganella morganii | 34 |
| Pasteurella multocida | 1 |
| Proteus mirabilis | 43 |
| Proteus vulgaris | 6 |
| Providencia stuartii | 2 |
| Salmonella spp. | 22 |
| Serratia marcescens | 32 |
| Shigella sonnei | 10 |
| Vibrio vulnificus | 3 |
| Nonfermenters | |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 104 |
| Acinetobacter lwoffii | 8 |
| Alcaligenes xylosoxidans | 6 |
| Burkholderia cepacia | 3 |
| Comamonas acidovorans | 2 |
| Chryseobacterium indologenes | 6 |
| Chryseobacterium menigosepticum | 7 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 61 |
| Pseudomonas fluorescence | 6 |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | 2 |
| Sphingomonas paucimobilis | 2 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 59 |
| Othera | 5 |
a
Includes one strain of each of the following species: Acinetobacter sp., Flavobacterium odoratum, Flavobacterium sp., Brevundimonas vesicularis, and Agrobacterium tumefaciens.