Antibiotics resistance and toxin profiles of Bacillus cereus-group isolates from fresh vegetables from German retail markets

Table 3 Origin of Bacillus cereus-groupstrains investigated in this study

Source of isolation and no. of samples (137)	Isolates^a	Total no. of isolates (147)
Carrots (11)	M5, M6, M10, M14, M15, M18, M19, M20, M26, M27, M39	11
Cucumbers (6)	G2, G8, G12, G13, G32, G36	6
Herbs (22)	K1, K2, K10, K11, K13, K14, K16, K17, K20, K21, K22, K23, K28, K30, K31, K33, K34, K35, K37, K38, K39, K40	22
Salad leaves (either one of the following: lollo bionda, lamb’s lettuce, spinach, arugula) (19)	B2, B8, B15, B16, B19, B20, B24, B25, B26, B27, B29, B30, B31, B32, B34, B36, B37, B38, B40	19
Mixed salad leaves (79)	MS3, MS4, MS6, MS9, MS12, MS14, MS17, MS18, MS19, MS25, MS27, MS29, MS33, MS36, MS38, MS79, MS135a, MS135b, MS136a, MS136b, MS138, MS139, MS142, MS143, MS147, MS190, MS191, MS192, MS194, MS195, MS360a, MS360b, MS361, MS362, MS456, MS457, MS460, MS461, MS463a, MS463b, MS464a, MS464b, MS467, MS468a, MS468b, MS469, MS470, MS471, MS525, MS526a, MS527, MS529, MS530, MS531, MS532a, MS532b, MS567, MS568, MS569, MS575, MS578a, MS578b, MS579, MS581, MS582, MS586, MS588, MS689, MS690, MS691a, MS691b, MS693, MS728a, MS728b, MS729, MS730, MS733, MS734, MS735, MS756, MS758, MS788, MS789, MS790, MS791, MS792, MS793, MS794, MS795	89

^a isolates marked in italic type were isolated on PEMBA agar and were previously reported regarding their 16S rRNA gene based identification in the study of Fiedler et al. [2]. All other strains were isolated on BACARA agar

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