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Table 1 Results of tests on Kigler Iron agar for presumptive Salmonella cultures

From: Persistence of bacterial indicators and zoonotic pathogens in contaminated cattle wastes

N. isolate

Source

Reaction on Kigler Iron agar

Presumptive identification

Identification by 16S rDNA sequencing

% similarity

Top

Bottom

Gas

H2S

1

A

R

Y

–

+

Salmonella typhi/Proteus mirabilis

Proteus mirabilis NCTC 11938 (NR.043997.1)

99

2

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

3

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

4

B1

R

Y

–

+

Salmonella typhi/Proteus mirabilis

  

5

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

Providencia stuartii ATCC 29914 (NR.024848.1)

98

6

R

Y

–

+

Salmonella typhi/Proteus mirabilis

Proteus mirabilis NCTC 11938 (NR.043997.1)

85

21

R

Y

–

+

Salmonella typhi/Proteus mirabilis

  

7

B3

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

Providencia stuartii ATCC 29914 (NR.024848.1)

100

8

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

22

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

9

C

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

Providencia stuartii ATCC 29914 (NR.024848.1)

99

10

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

11

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

23

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

12

D

R

Y

+

+

Salmonella spp./Citrobacter freundii

  

13

R

Y

+

–

Enterobacter spp

Raoultella terrigena 84 (NR.037085.1)

98

14

R

Y

–

+

Salmonella typhi/Proteus mirabilis

Providencia vermicola OP1 (NR.042415.1); Providencia rettgeri DSM 4542 (NR.042413.1); Providencia rustigianii DSM 4541 (NR.042411.1); Providencia stuartii ATCC 29914 (NR.024848.1)

98

24

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

15

E

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

16

R

Y

–

+

Salmonella typhi/Proteus mirabilis

Providencia vermicola OP1 (NR.042415.1); Providencia rettgeri DSM 4542 (NR.042413.1); Providencia rustigianii DSM 4541 (NR.042411.1); Providencia stuartii ATCC 29914 (NR.024848.1)

99

17

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

25

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

18

F

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

Providencia stuartii ATCC 29914 (NR.024848.1)

99

19

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  

26

R

Y

–

–

Shigella dysenteria/Morganella o Yersinia spp.

  
  1. Strains in bold were submitted to 16S rDNA sequencing to confirm taxon