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Table 3 Representative strains from each of the biogroups used in this study.

From: The biochemical differentiation of Enterobacter sakazakii genotypes

Biogroup

NTUa strain number

Source

Origin

1

1

NCTC 11467b

Child's throat (Type strain) (ATCC 29544 = CDC 4562-70)

2

12

Cèské Budéjovicec

Faeces (adult 3753)

2a

512

Radboudd

Clinical (Prague 26248)

3

680

CDC 996-77e

Spinal fluid (New York, USA)

4

683

CDC 407-77

Sputum (Pennsylvania, USA)

4a

515

Radboud

Clinical (Prague 26706)

5

685

CDC 1716-77

Blood (Connecticut, USA)

5a

472

NTU

Infant formula (Korea)

6

564

CDC 5960-70

Blood (Florida, USA)

7

686

CDC 9369-75

Unknown

8a

22

FSM E321f

Infant formula (France)

8b

15

Cèské Budéjovice

Faeces (adult 2422)

8c

35

NTU

Infant cereal (Washington, USA)

9

681

CDC 1058-77

Breast abscess

9a

521

Radboud

Clinical (Prague 27288)

10

582

NCTC 9844

Unknown

11

684

CDC 3128-77

Sputum (Alabama, USA)

12

563

CDC 0743-75

Foot wound (Wisconsin, USA)

13

567

CDC 9363-75

Unknown

13a

535

Radboud

Milk powder (New Zealand)

13b

507

Radboud

Clinical (Prague 25569)

13c

101

NTU

Whole mixed spice

14

565

CDC 1895-73

Faeces (Maryland, USA)

14a

33

NTU

Baby rice (Herndon, USA)

15

566

CDC 3523-75

Bone marrow (Arizona, USA)

16

9

NTU

Infant food (cheese puffs)

16a

92

NTU

Herb (biota tops)

16b

57

NTU

Milk powder (UK)

16c

581

NCTC 9529

Water

  1. aNottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK; bNCTC, London, UK; cHospital Cèské Budéjovice, Czech Republic; dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Radboud, Nijmegen, Netherlands; eCDC, Atlanta, GA, USA; fNestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland.