Quality control strains

Assay of antimicrobial preservatives (J Biol Chem 1941, 141: 853; British Pharmacopoeia Commission Efficacy of antimicrobial preservation. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission, British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XVI C, 2003; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Efficacy of antimicrobial preservation. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission, European Pharmacopoeia EP 5.1.3, 1997; U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters:<51> ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTIVENESS TESTING. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia, USP USP28-NF23, 2005). Bioresistance testiong (Standard Practice for Evaluating Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluid Bioresistance and Antimicrobial Pesticide. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International;ASTM Standard Test Method E 2275-03E01;Antimicrobial products - Test for antimicrobial activity and efficacy. Tokyo, Japan:Japanese Standards Association, JIS Z 2801, 2000 ). Detection and MPN technique (Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs-- Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)--Part3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 6888-3:2003; Cosmetics --- Microbiology --- Detection of Escherichia coli. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS ISO 21150:2006; Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --- Horizontal method for the determination of low numbers of presumptive Bacillus cereus --- Most probable number technique and detection method. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN ISO 21871:2006). Efficacy testing (Cosmetics - Microbiology - Enumeration and detection of aerobic mesophilic bacteria. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS ISO 21149:2006; 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; Preservatives-effectiveness test. Tokyo, Japan:Japanese Pharmacopoeia, JP JP14e.part II.12.). Media testing (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Tests for microbial contamination. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission, British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XVI B, 2003; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbial contamination of products not required to comply with the test for sterility (total viable aerobic count). Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission, European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.6.12, 1997; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbial contamination of products not required to comply with the test for sterility (tests for specified micro-organisms). Nutritive and selective properties of the media and validity of the test for specified micro-organisms. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission, European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.6.13, 1997; .S. Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplement Chapters: <2021> MICROBIAL ENUMERATION TESTS-NUTRITIONAL AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS . Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia, USP USP28-NF23, 2005; Food microbiology. Method 12.3: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphyloccus aureus and other species)--Detection and MPN technique for low numbers. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS 5013.12.3:2004; 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). Preparatory test control (U.S. Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplement Chapters: <2021> MICROBIAL ENUMERATION TESTS-NUTRITIONAL AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS . Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia, USP USP28-NF23, 2005). Quality control strain (Applied Biosystems, MicroSeq Pharmaceutical Validation Panel). Efficacy of contact lens care products (Ophthalmic optics--Contact lens care products--Antimicrobial preservative efficacy testing and guidance on determining discard date. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 14730:2000). Testing antimicrobial handwashing formulations (Fendler EJ, et al. Antimicrobial cleansing composition containing chlorhexidine, an amphoteric surfactant, and an alkyl polyglucoside. US Patent 5,719,113 dated Feb 17 1998). Reduction of dehydroascorbic acid (J Biol Chem 1941, 141: 853)

Susceptibility testing (J. Clin. Microbiol. 30: 961-966, 1992. PubMed: 1572984, J. Clin. Microbiol. 34: 10-14, 1996. PubMed: 8748262, J.Med. Microbiol. 57: 171-178, 2008. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests; Approved Standard - 9th Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M2-A9. Protocols for Evaluating Dehydrated Mueller-Hinton Agar; Approved Standard. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M6-A2. 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. 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. Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Sixteenth Informational Supplement. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M100-S20, 2007.Methods for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria Isolated from Aquatic Animals. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M42-A. 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. Methods for Broth Dilution Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria Isolated from Aquatic Animals. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M49-A. Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems --- Susceptibility testing of infectious agents and evaluation of performance of antimicrobial susceptibility test devices --- Part 1: Reference method for testing the in vitro activity of antimicrobial agents against rapidly growing aerobic bacteria involved in infectious diseases. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS EN ISO 20776-1:2006.

CAMP test (Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes --- Part 1: Detection method, Annex B [BS 5763-18:1997]. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN ISO 11290-1:1997; Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --- Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes --- Part 2: Enumeration method, Annex B. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN ISO 11290-2:1998). Control strain (Methodology for the Serum Bactericidal test: Approved Guideline. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M21-A; Methods for Determining Bactericidal Activity of Antimicrobial Agents; Approved Guideline. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M26-A). Control strain for identification (Abbreviated Identification of Bacteria and Yeast; Approved Guideline. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M35-A2). Detection of (Detection and Enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in Foods, the CAMP Test. Washington, DC:US Food & Drug Administration, Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online Chapt. 10.F, 2003; Identification of L. monocytogenes colonies from isolation agars. Washington, DC:American Public Health Association, APHA APHA2001-36.52, 2001; Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs-- Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)--Part3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, ISO ISO 6888-3:2003; Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs--Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes--Part 1: Detection method. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, ISO ISO 11290-1:1996; Part 2: Enumeration method. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, ISO ISO 11290-2:1998). Evaluation of Mueller-Hinton agar (Protocols for Evaluating Dehydrated Mueller-Hinton Agar; Approved Standard. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M6-A2). Examination of dairy product ( Method 5.040: Listeria monocytogenes cultural method. Washington, DC:American Public Health Association, Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products, 17th edition 2004). Media testing (Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard - 3rd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M22-A3; Water microbiology. Method2: Culture media, diluents and reagents. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS 4276.2-1995;Food microbiology. Method 12.3: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphyloccus aureus and other species)--Detection and MPN technique for low numbers. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS 5013.12.3:2004; 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; Medical microbiology-- Culture media -- Part 3: Dip slides for microbiological urine analysis. Berlin, Germany:Deutsches Institut fur Normung, DIN DIN 58942-3: 2003;Part 4: Transport systems for specimens containing bacteria. Berlin, Germany:Deutsches Institut fur Normung, DIN DIN 58942-4: 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). Reference strain (Food microbiology. Method 2.15: Examination for specific organisms--Listeria monocytogenes in dairy products. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS/NZS 1766.2.15:1998; Food microbiology. Method 2.16.1:Examination for specific organisms--Food and animal feeding stuffs--Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes- Detection method. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS/NZS 1766.2.16.1:1998; Food microbiology. Method 5: Preparation of culture media, diluents and reagents. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS 1766.5-1994; Water microbiology. Method 8: Faecal streptococci--Estimation of the most probable number(MPN). Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS 4276.8-1995; Method 9: Faecal streptococci -- Membrane filtration method. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS 4276.9-1995). Susceptibility disc testing (Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests; Approved Standard - 9th Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M2-A9; Methods for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria Isolated from Aquatic Animals. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M42-A; 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). Susceptibility disc testing chloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicins, kanamycin, novobiocin, tetracycline (Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1973, 3: 418-424, PubMed: 4790600). 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; 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; WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, 28th Report, WHO Tech. Rep. Ser. 610: 122-123, 1977; Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Sixteenth Informational Supplement. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M100-S20, 2007; Medical microbiology; methods for the determination of susceptibility of pathogens (except mycobacteria) to antimicrobial agents: agar diffusion test. Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Normung, DIN 58940-3: 1989;Part 7: Determination of the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) with the aid of microdilution. Berlin, Germany: Deutsches Institut fur Normung, DIN 58940-7: 1994; Medical microbiology: methods for the determination of susceptibility of pathogens (except mycobacteria) to antimicrobial agents; determination of MICs by agar dilution method. Berlin, Germany:Deutsches Institut fur Normung, DIN 58940-6: 1989). CAMP test for Listeria monocytogenes ( U.S. Food & Drug AdministrationListeria monocytogenes, CAMP testIn: U.S. Food & Drug AdministrationBacteriological analytical manual8th ed.Gaithersburg, MDAOAC Internationalp. 10.09, 1995).

Taxonomy/ description (Int J Syst Bacteriol 1972, 22: 224-227). Assay of antibiotics Microbial assay for antibiotics. Tokyo, Japan:Japanese Pharmacopoeia;JP JP14e.part I.34). Assay of bacitracin (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological assay of antibiotics. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission ;British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XIV A, 2003; AOAC International Bacitracin-MD (BMD) in complete feed, microbiological plate assay method. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 993.29; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbiological assay of antibiotics. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission; European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.7.2, 1997; U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters; <81> Antibiotics-Microbial Assays. Rockville, MD: U.S. Pharmacopeia; USP USP34-NF29, 2011; AOAC International Antibiotics in feeds, microbiological methods. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 957.23; AOAC International Bacitracin in premix feeds. Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International; AOAC "Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International" 982.43). Quality control strain (Applied Biosystems, MicroSeq Pharmaceutical Validation Panel).

Taxonomy (Mem. Acad. R. Sci. Denmark, Sect. Sci. 8 Ser. 1919. 5: 81-197; Mem. Acad. R. Sci. Denmark, Sect. Sci. Biol. 1943, 2: 1-145; Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971, 21: 177-186; Int J Syst Bacteriol, 1980, 30: 225-420). characterization of two cold-inducible genes (J Bacteriol 1997, 179: 3039-3042. PubMed: 9139925) 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. 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.)

Production of phospholipase C (alpha-toxin), haemolysins and lethal toxins (J Gen Microbiol 1976, 96:137-144). Production of lecithinase C (J Appl Bacteriol 1959, 22:1). Quality control strain for media testing (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Tests for microbial contamination. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission, British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XVI B, 2003; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Microbial contamination of products not required to comply with the test for sterility (tests for specified micro-organisms). Nutritive and selective properties of the media and validity of the test for specified micro-organisms. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission, European Pharmacopoeia EP 2.6.13, 1997; Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard - 3rd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; CLSI M22-A3; 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). Quality control strain (US General Services Administration Test kit, anaerobe identification. Washington, DC:US General Services Administration, Commercial Item Description A-A-51238, 1985). Reference strain (Water microbiology. Method 17.1: Spores of sulfite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia) including Clostridium perfringens --Membrane filtration method. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS/NZS 4276.17.1:2000; Water microbiology. Method 17.2: Spores of sulfite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia) including Clostridium perfringens -- Estimation of most probable number (MPN) using the multiple tube dilution technique.. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS/NZS 4276.17.2:2000; Water microbiology. Method 18: Aeromonas by membrane filtration including selected speciation. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia, Standards Australia AS/NZS 4276.18:2001). Quality control strain for anaerobe identification ( US General Services Administration Test kit, anaerobe identification. Washington, DC:US General Services Administration; Commercial Item Description A-A-51238,1985). Contol strain for antimicrobic susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria (Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1979, 16:495-502).

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. qnrB-like pseudogene (Antimicrob Agents Chemother  2013, 57 (6): 2863-2866)

Taxonomy (Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984, 34: 31-34). 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., 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), Fecal Coliforms in Sewage Sludge (Biosolids) by Multiple-Tube Fermenation using Lauryl Tryptose Broth (LTB) and EC Medium. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency; EPA EPA Method 1680, 2005). Water testing (Escherichia coli in Water by Membrane Filtration using membrane-Thermotolerant Escherichia coli Agar (mTEC). Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1103.1, 2005, Enterococci in Water by Membrane Filtration Using membrane-Enterococcus-Esculin Iron Agar. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1106.1, 2005, Enterococci in Water by Membrane Filtration Using membrane-Enterococcus Indoxyl-B-D-Glucoside Agar. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1600, 2005, Escherichia coli in Water by Membrane Filtration Using Modified membrane-Thermotolerant Escherichia coli Agar. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1603, 2005)

Taxonomy (Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980, 30: 225-420; Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002, 52: 531-47; J Clin Microbiol 2002, 40:2779-85 ), quality control strain (DIN 58959-7, 1997), degradation of HCH (Arch Microbiol 115: 285-292). Testing slimicide (Standard Test Method for Efficacy of Slimicides for the Paper Industry-Bacterial and Fungal Slime. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International;ASTM Standard Test Method E 1839-07). Paint resistance (ASTM International Standard Test Method for Resistance of Emulsion Paints in the Container to Attack by Microorganisms. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International;ASTM Standard Test Method D 2574-06). Water testing (Water microbiology. Method 4: Coliforms--Estimation of most probable number (MPN). Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS 4276.4-1995. Water microbiology. Method 5: Coliforms--Membrane filtration method. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS 4276.5-1995. Water microbiology. Method 6: Thermotolerant coliforms and Escherichia coli--Estimation of most probable number (MPN). Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS 4276.6-1995. Water microbiology. Method 7: Thermotolerant coliforms and Escherichia coli -- Membrane filtration method. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS 4276.7-1995. Water microbiology. Method 11: Pseudomonads -- Membrane filtration method. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS 4276.11-1995. Water microbiology. Method 18: Aeromonas by membrane filtration including selected speciation. Sydney, NSW, Australia:Standards Australia;Standards Australia AS/NZS 4276.18:2001). Sanitizer Test (Sanitizer Test or Inanimate Surfaces. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA DIS/TSS-10). Enumeration of Coliforms (Fecal Coliforms in Sewage Sludge (Biosolids) by Multiple-Tube Fermenation using Lauryl Tryptose Broth (LTB) and EC Medium. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1680, 2005. Fecal Coliforms in Sewage Sludge (Biosolids) by Multiple-Tube Fermenatation using A-1 medium. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1681, 2005). Media testing (ISO 11133, Microbiology of food, animal feed and water — Preparation, production, storage and performance testing of culture media)