Lyophilized QC Organisms
ATCC Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schroeter) Migula
Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain Boston 41501 was isolated from blood culture. This whole-genome sequenced bacterial strain has applications in media and susceptibility testing, evaluation of Mueller-Hinton Agar, and as a quality control strain for Abbott, API, Autobac, BBL, bioMerieux Vitek, Micro-Media, MicroScan™, Roche Diagnostics, and Sensititre products.
ATCC Bacillus spizizenii (Nakamura et al. 1999) Dunlap et al. 2020
This item is used in sterility testing and assay of rifampin [rifampicin, rifamycin AMP], neomycin, monensin, kanamycin, lasalocid [X-537A], mitomycin [mitomycin C], vancomycin, novobiocin, penicillin, framycetin, tobramycin, spiramycin, gentamicins [gentamicin], amoxicillin, bekanamycin [kanamycin B; aminodeoxykanamycin], hygromycin B, streptomycin, erythromycin, dactinomycin [actinomycin; actinomycin D], streptonigrin, lactam antibiotics [beta-lactam antibiotics], capreomycin sulfate [capreomycin], and dihydrostreptomycin sulfate [dihydrostreptomycin]. Susceptibility disc testing of rifampin [rifampicin; rifamycin AMP] and novobiocin. Produces restriction endonuclease Bsu6633I and subtilin.
ATCC Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers
Escherichia coli strain Seattle 1946 is a whole-genome sequenced quality control strain that does not produce verotoxin. This organism is a CLSI control strain for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. It is used for media testing, as a negative control for LT toxin production, and as a quality control strain for Abbott, API, Autobac, BBL, bioMerieux VITEK, Biosynth, Difco, IDS, Micro-Media, MicroScan™, Roche Diagnostics, and Sensititre products. Used in susceptibility disc testing of neomycin, colistin [colimycin], kanamycin, cephalexin, gentamicins, cefamandole, cephalothin, tetracycline, cephaloglycin, cephaloridine [cephalomycin], nalidixic acid, and chloramphenicol.