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Table 1 Bacterial strains.

From: A laminar flow model of aerosol survival of epidemic and non-epidemic strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from people with cystic fibrosis

Bacterial strain

Mucoid phenotype

Epidemic strain

Strain identification

Environmental

No

No

NCIMB 10848

Unique CF

No

No

4412061*

Unique CF mucoid

Yes

No

43903641*

Manchester

No

Yes

Jones et al [10]‡

Leeds Seacroft 1

No

Yes

4390416-2*

Leeds Seacroft 2

No

Yes

4390195*

Leeds Paediatric

No

Yes

Denton et al [12]*

Leeds Paediatric mucoid

Yes

Yes

Denton et al [12]*

Liverpool

No

Yes

McCallum et al [11]‡

Liverpool mucoid

Yes

Yes

McCallum et al [11]‡

  1. *Stored strains obtained from the Department of Microbiology, Leeds General Infirmary originally isolated from people with cystic fibrosis identified through routine infection control surveillance to be epidemic or non-epidemic; ‡Strains obtained from Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh