Volume 14, Number 1—January 2008
Dispatch
Protochlamydia naegleriophila as Etiologic Agent of Pneumonia
Nicola Casson*, Rolf Michel†, Karl-Dieter Müller, John David Aubert*, and Gilbert Greub*
Table 2
Bacterial and eukaryotic DNA used to determine the specificity of the real-time PCR
| Bacterial DNA | Source/strain |
|---|---|
| Bordetella pertussis | Clinical specimen |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | Clinical specimen |
| Chlamydophila pneumoniae | ATCC VR-1310 |
| Criblamydia sequanensis | CRIB-18 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | ATCC 29212 |
| Escherichia coli | ATCC 35218 |
| Gardnerella vaginalis | Clinical specimen |
| Haemophilus influenzae | ATCC 49247 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | ATCC 27736 |
| Lactobacillus spp. | Clinical specimen |
| Legionella pneumophila | Clinical specimen |
| Listeria monocytogenes | Clinical specimen |
| Moraxella catharralis | Clinical specimen |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Clinical specimen |
| Neisseria lactamica | Clinical specimen |
| Neisseria weaveri | Clinical specimen |
| Neochlamydia hartmanella | ATCC 50802 |
| Parachlamydia acanthamoebae strain BN9 | ATCC VR-1476 |
| Parachlamydia acanthamoebae strain Hall's coccus | ATCC VR-1476 |
| Protochlamydia amoebophila strain UWE25 | ATCC PRA-7 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ATCC 27853 |
| Rhabdochlamydia crassificans | CRIB-01 |
| Simkania negevensis | ATCC VR-1471 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | Clinical specimen |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | ATCC 13813 |
| Streptococcus mutans | Clinical specimen |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | Clinical specimen |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | ATCC 19615 |
| Waddlia chondrophila | ATCC VR-1470 |
| Eukaryotic DNA | Source/strain |
| Acanthamoebae castellanii | ATCC 30010 |
| Candida albicans |
ATCC 10231 |
| Human cells | ATCC CCL-185 |
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