<- ATCC <- R.W. Ballard; 717 <- M. Starr, ICPB; PC25 <- W. Burkholder, Strain UCB 717. Pseudomonas cepacia. Isolated from onion, Type strain. Produces cepabactin. Used in assay of antimicrobial preservatives and media testing. Applied in respiratory disease research. Recommended as a test microorganism for USP <60> Microbiological Examination of Nonsterile Products: Tests for Burkholderia cepacia Complex. Recommended as a test microorganism for ASTM E640: Standard Test Method for Preservatives in Water-Containing Cosmetics.
Literature:
Efficacy of Preservation on Non-Eye Area Water-Miscible Cosmetic and Toiletry Formaulations. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International;AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 998.10. U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters: <60> Microbiological Examination of Nonsterile Products Tests for Burkholderia Cepacia Complex.
<- ATCC <- Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Strain AmMS 242. Clinical isolate, used for quality control of MicroScan [Reg TM] panels. Methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis (MRSE)
<- ATCC <- M Bushby <- SD Elliott; Strain CN 478. Deposited as Streptococcus faecalis. Used in assay of sulfamethoxazole, assay of trimethoprim, evaluation of Mueller-Hinton agar, susceptibility disc testing and antibacterial susceptibility testing. Quality control strain
Literature:
Susceptibility disc testing (Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests; Approved Standard - 9th Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M2-A9. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk and Dilution Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria Isolated from Animals; Approved Standard - 2nd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M31-A3. Methods for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria Isolated from Aquatic Animals. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M42-A.). Antibacterial susceptibility testing (Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria that Grow Aerobically; Approved Standard - 7th Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M7-A8.). Evaluation of Mueller-Hinton agar (Protocols for Evaluating Dehydrated Mueller-Hinton Agar; Approved Standard. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M6-A2.)
ATCC <- CA Stuart <- S Bernstein; Strain D. Contains a strong Forssmann antigen. Quality control strain. Used for media testing
Literature:
Quality control strain (Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard - 3rd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M22-A3. Quality control strain according to DIN 58959-7 and 58959-9)
<- ATCC <-- Micro-Media Systems, Inc. <-- EH Gerlach strain Wichita. Isolated from wound.
Quality control strain. Used for susceptibility disk testing, drug discovery and enteric research.
Literature:
Susceptibility disk testing (Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests; Approved Standard - 9th Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M02. Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria that Grow Aerobically; Approved Standard - 7th Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M07. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk and Dilution Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria Isolated from Animals; Approved Standard - 2nd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M31. Evaluation of Lots of Dehydrated Mueller-Hinton Broth for Antimicrobial Susceptibility testing; Proposed Guideline. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M32-P. Methods for Antimicrobial Dilution and Disk susceptibility Testing of Infrequently Isolated or Fastidious Bacteria: Proposed Guideline. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M45-A). Quality control strain (ISO/CD 11133:2009, Annex E. Test microorganisms for commonly used culture media (giving information on the culture medium, culture conditions, test microorganisms, culture collection number of test organisms and the expected reactions))
<- ATCC <- Dept. Medical Microbiol, Stanford Univ., USA. Produces cephalosporinase, beta-lactamase II, Bacteriophage host. Produces inducible cephylosporinase, beta-lactamase. Quality control strain according to UN-CEN ISO 11133, quality control strain for API strips.
Literature:
Production of cephalosporinase (J. Antibiot 1991; 44 (10): 1088-95, PubMed: 1955391). Quality control strain (ISO/CD 11133:2009, Annex E. Test microorganisms for commonly used culture media). Taxonomy (Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 2005, 28: 196-205. PubMed: 15900966)
<- ATCC <- <- A. C. Sonnenwirth; Strain Billups-1803-68. Serovar 8, biovar 1. Isolated from human blood.
Used for media testing and enteric research
Literature:
Isolation (Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1970, 174: 488-502; PubMed: 5278130). Media testing (Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs--Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media-- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media.. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 11133-2:2003. Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --- Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media --- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media - Annex B: Recommended test microorganisms for commonly used culture media. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard DD CEN ISO/TS 11133:2003. ISO/CD 11133:2009, Annex E. Test microorganisms for commonly used culture media (giving information on the culture medium, culture conditions, test microorganisms, culture collection number of test organisms and the expected reactions. Corry, JEL, Curtis, GDW and Baird, RM (Eds) Handbook of Culture Media for Food and Water Microbiology. Royal Society of Chemistry, In preparation. ICFMH-WPCM.)
