Table 3. Chromogenic or fluorogenic reaction of 4 different media supplemented with α-glucosidase substrates in non-E. sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.)
Species | Strain No. | Source | Chromogenic or fluorogenic reaction |
Oxoid | OK | VRBG | NGTE |
E. hermanii | FSN 324 | UGA | − | − | − | − |
Salmonella spp. | 1.11 | FDA | − | − | − | − |
E. cloacae | SP 118 | NRC | − | − | − | − |
E. coli | K12 | FDA | − | − | − | − |
E. vulneris | 102-4a | NRC | + | + | + | − |
UGA, Dr. Jeffrey Kornacki, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; FDA, Culture collection of U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD; NRC, Dr. John Marugg, Nestle Research Center, Lausanne, Switwerland.
+, E. sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.); –, non-E. sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.).