Table 1. Salmonella strains and relevant characteristics.

Strains

Relevant characteristics

Reference

 S. Enteritidis 13076

Wild-type; Lac^-; D₁ (O_1,9,12); H_m; Mot^-; prototrophic; Pla⁺

ATCC

 S. Enteritidis f2αSE^r

Lac^-; auto-agglutinable; Mot^-; prototrophic; Pla⁺; f2^r f3^r f18^r

This study

 S. Enteritidis f3αSE^r

Lac^-; auto-agglutinable; Mot^-; prototrophic; Pla⁺;  f2^r f3^r f18^r

This study

 S. Enteritidis f18αSE^r

Lac^-; auto-agglutinable; Mot^-; prototrophic; Pla⁺;  f2^r f3^r f18^r

This study

 S. Enteritidis f2f3f18αSE^r

Lac^-; auto-agglutinable; Mot^-; prototrophic; Pla⁺;  f2^r f3^r f18^r

This study

 S. Typhimurium SL1344

Wild-type; Lac^-; B₁; H_i; Mot⁺; Pla⁺; His^-

Aballay et al. 2000

 S. Enteritidis PT4

Phage type 4; Lac^-

ISP, Chile

 E. coli OP50

Sm^r; Pen^r; Neo^r; Lac⁺

Aballay et al. 2000

 E. coli 39R681

Contains four Plasmids of 98, 42, 23.9 and 4.6 MDa; Lac⁺

Mainil et al. 1992