Research Article
A New Generation Microarray for the Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis in Food
Table 1
Strains used in this study.
| Species | Strain | Remarks |
| Foodborne pathogen mix |
| Proteus vulgaris | ATCC 8427 | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | ATCC 13883 | | Shigella dysenteriae | ATCC 11835 | | Escherichia coli O157H7 | EDL933 | | Mannheimia haemolytica | Z13 | | Vibrio vulnificus | Z86 | | Citrobacter braakii | ATCC 12012 | | Salmonella typhimurium | 71-471 | | Aeromonas hydrophila | Z22 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ATCC 27853 | | Listeria monocytogenes | ATCC 15313 | | Streptococcus pyogenes | ATCC 19615 | | Enterococcus faecalis | ATCC 29212 | | Micrococcus lysodeikticus | Z9 | | Staphylococcus aureus | Z13 | | Campylobacter jejuni | ATCC 11168 | |
| Yersinia spp. mix |
| Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | ATCC 29833 | | Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | Turku | | Yersinia enterocolitica | ATCC 23715 | | Yersinia kristensenii | ATCC 33638 | | Yersinia frederiksenii | ATCC 33641 | | Yersinia intermedia | ATCC 29909 | |
| Bacillus spp. mix |
| Bacillus cereus | ATCC 14579 | | Bacillus subtilis | NWBL 0060 | | Bacillus thuringiensis | ATCC 10792 | | Bacillus coagulans | ATCC 7050 | |
| Yersinia pestis strains |
| Yersinia pestis | Pp 1967 | Wild-type isolate | Yersinia pestis | 195/P | Wild-type isolate | Yersinia pestis | 6/69H+ | Wild-type isolate | Yersinia pestis | M23 | Wild-type isolate | Yersinia pestis | Yokohama | Wild-type isolate | Yersinia pestis | CO92 | NCBI Genome Ref Seq: NC_003143.1 [11] |
| Bacillus anthracis strains |
| Bacillus anthracis | Ames | NCBI Genome Ref Seq: NC_003997.3 [10] | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 44 | isolate from moose, NWT Canada in Aug 1993 | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 56 | isolate from cattle, ON Canada in Aug 1996 | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 79 | isolate from bear, NWT Canada in Jul 2000 | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 127 | isolate from caprine, BC Canada in Dec 2001 | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 131 | isolate from soil, Canada, date N/A | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 252 | isolate from cattle, SK Canada in Jul 2006 | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 59 | isolate from bison, MB Canada in Jul 1998 Cap- | Bacillus anthracis | Ba 158 | ATCC 4229 Tox–(pXO1-) | Bacillus anthracis | Sterne | NCBI Genome Ref Seq: NC_005945.1(pXO2-) |
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