Table 3 List of bacterial strains used for specificity testing with biotin IgY-ELISA

Staphylococcus aureus FRI 722 (Positive control)

+

+

Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228

-

-

Bacillus cereus ATCC 10876

-

-

Bacillus subtilis NCIM 2124

-

-

Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115

-

-

Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028

-

-

Salmonella paratyphi ATCC 9150

-

-

Shigella flexneri ATCC 9199

-

-

Shigella sonnei ATCC 9290

-

-

Shigella boydii ATCC 9207

-

-

Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 10031

-

-

Klebsiella oxytoca MTCC 3030

-

-

Escherichia coli K-12

-

-

Clostridium perfringens ATCC 13124

-

-