Table 2 Bacterial strains used in the study and results of the PCR identification system by Keyser et al. [12] in comparison to the system established in this study

1

E. sakazakii

ATCC 29004

1

E. sakazakii

ATCC 51329

1

E. sakazakii

ATCC 29544

10

E. sakazakii

fruit powder

1

E. sakazakii

milk powder

2

E. sakazakii

baby food

1

E. sakazakii

milk

16

E. sakazakii

production environment

14

E. sakazakii

human

1

E. cloacae

LMG 2783

1

E. cloacae

LMG 3008

1

E. cloacae

food

1

E. cloacae

food

1

E. cloacae

clinical

1

P. dissolvens

LMG 2683

1

P. agglomerans

LMG 1286

3

P. agglomerans

food, clinical, cosmetics

1

E. hermanii

wild strain

1

E. coli

ATCC 25922

1

E. coli

wild strain

1

S. liquefaciens

cosmetics

1

S. fucaria

production environment

1

K. oxytoca

cheese

1

K. pneumoniae

wild strain

1

P. mirabilis

DSM 788

1

S. sonnei

ATCC 29930

1

S. Enteritidis

wild strain

1

P. aeruginosa

ATCC 15442

1

L. acidophilus

ATCC 13651

1

S. aureus

ATCC 25923

1

S. agalactiae

ATCC 33019

1

B. cereus

ATCC 10876

1

E. faecium

DSM 2918

1

L. monocytogenes

wild strain

1

M. luteus

ATCC 9341