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.).