Table 1

Growth of commonly encountered bacteria on CKSM after three days of incubation (35°C at 5% CO2 for 24 hours, followed by 48 hours at 35°C in air)

GrowthInhibited

  • Acinetobacter baumannii DSM 6974*

  • Aeromonas hydrophila †

  • Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 12759

  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae biovar belfanti (non-toxigenic) NCTC 10356

  • Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum ATCC 10700*

  • Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum ATCC 10701

  • Corynebacterium ulcerans †

  • Corynebacterium striatum †

  • Lactobacillus acidophilus †

  • Lactobacillus paracasei subspecies paracasei ATCC BAA-52

  • Lactobacillus rhamnosus †

  • Edwardsiella tarda †

  • Enterobacter cloacaeATCC 13047*

  • Enterococcus gallinarum †

  • Staphylococcus sciuri ‡

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883*

  • Nocardia brasiliensis †

  • Proteus mirabilis ATCC 7002

  • Proteus vulgaris ATCC 6380

  • Shigella flexneri †

  • Yersinia enterocolitica †

  • Acinetobacter lwoffii ATCC 17959

  • Citrobacter freundii ATCC 8090*

  • Coagulase negative staphylococcus†

  • Corynebacterium renale ATCC 19412*

  • Corynebacterium sundsvallence †

  • Enterococcus faecali sATCC 29212

  • Enterococcus faecium ‡

  • E. coli O157:H7 ATCC 43888

  • E. coli ATCC 25922

  • Haemophilus influenza ATCC 49766

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae ATCC 49226

  • Nocardia asteroides †

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853

  • Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 14028

  • Serratia marcescens †

  • Meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923

  • Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)†

  • Streptococcus agalactiae †

  • Streptococcus bovis ‡

  • Streptococcus pneumonia ATCC 49619

  • Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615

  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ‡

  • Vibrio alginolyticus †

  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus ATCC 43996

  • ↵*Type strains.

  • ↵†Bacterial isolates from external quality assessment programme.

  • ↵‡Bacterial isolates from clinical specimens.