Table 2 Species included in the positive sequencing control. All cultures were obtained from the University of Western Australia’s School of Biomedical Sciences culture collection, with the exception of N. meningitidis which was kindly provided by A/Prof Charlene Kahler (UWA) and originally described in Stephens et al. [36]
Species | Strain/ATCC/NCTC no. | Gram |
|---|---|---|
Staphylococcus aureus | ATCC 29213 | Positive |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | ATCC 14990 | Positive |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | Strain D39 | Positive |
Staphylococcus warneri | ATCC 27836 | Positive |
Moraxella catarrhalis | ATCC 25238 | Negative |
Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae | Strain 86-028NP | Negative |
Haemophilus haemolyticus | ATCC 33390 | Negative |
Neisseria meningitidis | Strain M7 | Negative |
Corynebacterium jeikeium | ATCC 43216 | Positive |
Propionibacterium acnes | ATCC 6919 | Positive |
Gemella haemolysans a | NCTC 10244 | Positive |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | NCTC 8172 | Negative |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ATCC 15692 | Negative |
Streptococcus salivarius | not available | Positive |
Veillonella parvula | ATCC 10790 | Negative |
Alloiococcus otitidis | ATCC 51267 | Positive |