a)  General susceptibility (antibiotic spectrum) tests

• Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Mammaliicoccus lentus)
• Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens)
• Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

b) Specific panel of assays

Human-associated pathogenic bacteria and fungi

ESKAPE panel pathogens

• Enterococcus faecium
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Acinetobacter baumannii
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Enterobacter species (Escherichia coli)

Skin associated bacteria and fungi

• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Cutibacterium acnes (Acne)
• Staphylococcus aureus and  MRSA  (Inflammation, septicaemia)
• Brevibacterium epidermidis
• Dermabacter hominis
• Candida albicans
• Trichophyton rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis (Athlete’s foot)

Additional human pathogens

• Enterococcus faecalis (GI and nosocomial infections, septicaemia)
• Enterococcus casseliflavus (bloodstream infection)
• Enterococcus hirae (urinary tract infection)
• Vibrio cholerae (Cholera disease)
• Leifsonia aquatic (septicemia)
• Shewanella algae (pneumonia)
• Vibrio alginolyticus (eye, ear and wound infection)
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus (food poisoning)
• Candida glabrata and C. albicans (Skin diseases, septicaemia, wound infections)
• Candida auris (infection of bloodstream and central nervous system)
• Cryptococcus neoformans (Cryptococcosis, opportunistic infection in AIDS)

Phytopathogenic panel (plant/crop diseases)

• Xanthomonas campestris (Various plant diseases, including black rot disease)
• Pseudomonas syringae (Leaf spot diseases)
• Erwinia amylovora (Fire blight)
• Ralstonia solanacearum (Wilt in e.g. potato)
• Zymoseptoria tritici (Septoria leaf blotch in wheat)
• Phytophthora infestans (Potato blight)
• Botrytis cinerea (Botrytis bunch rot, grey mould)
• Pyricularia oryzae (rice blast)
• Verticillium longisporum (wilt of rape)

Marine environmental panel

• Lactococcus garvieae
• Algicola bacteriolytica (Red spot disease of Saccharina japonica),
• Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii (Causing spots on brown algae)
• Vibrio alginolyticus
• Vibrio anguillarum (Fish and invertebrate pathogen)
• Vibrio coralliilyticus (tissue lysis at corals)
• Aliivibrio  fischeri (Quorum sensing potential)
• Vibrio harveyi
• Vibrio ichthyoenteri
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus
• Vibrio splendidus
• Acremonium fuci
• Corollospora marina

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