Table 1 Bacterial strains used in this study

Vibrio cholerae

NCCP^b 13589

1

Escherichia coli EHEC (O157:H7)

ATCC 43890

23

Vibrio alginolyticus

ATCC^c 17749

2

Escherichia coli O157:H7

ATCC 43894

24

Vibrio mimicus

ATCC 33653

3

Escherichia coli

ATCC 35150

25

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

ATCC 27969

4

Escherichia coli

ATCC 11775

26

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

ATCC 33844

5

Listeria monocytogenes

ATCC 19113

27

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

ATCC 17802

6

Listeria seeligeri

ATCC 35967

28

Vibrio vulnificus

ATCC 33815

7

Listeria innocua

ATCC 33090

29

Vibrio vulnificus

ATCC 27562

8

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

ATCC 19585

30

Vibrio vulnificus

ATCC 33147

9

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

ATCC 33459

31

Vibrio vulnificus

ATCC 33814

10

Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis

ATCC 4931

32

Vibrio aestuarianus

ATCC 35048

11

Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum

ATCC 9184

33

Vibrio algoinfesta

KCCM^d 40861

12

Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum

ATCC 9120

34

Vibrio diazotrophicus

ATCC 33466

13

Shigella flexneri

ATCC 12022

35

Vibrio fluvialis

ATCC 33809

14

Shigella flexneri 2a strain 2457 T

ATCC 700930

36

Vibrio harveyi

ATCC 35084

15

Shigella dysenteriae

ATCC 13313

37

Vibrio harveyi

ATCC 14126

16

Shigella boydi

ATCC 8700

38

Vibrio mediterranei

ATCC 43341

17

Shigella boydi

ATCC 9905

39

Vibrio salmonicida

ATCC 43839

18

Shigella sonnei

ATCC 25931

40

enteroinvensive E. coli (EIEC)

ATCC 43893

19

Staphylococcus aureus

ATCC 29737

41

enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)

NCCP 14039

20

Stapylococcus epidermidis

ATCC 14990

42

enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)

NCCP 14038

21

Stapylococcus haemolyticus

ATCC 29970

43

enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)

NCCP 14037

22

Yersinia enterocolitica

ATCC 29913

44