Note: Tester strains may only be ordered at specific times of year when an email announcement has gone out.

All of the below are safe relatives of ESKAPE pathogens (RG-1). Below are the strains that we usually ship. However, you will receive an email with information on the shipped strains.

Bacillus subtilis

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Escherichia coli

Pseudomonas putida or Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Note: If P. aeruginosa is shipped, please note that it will be an RG-1 strain for use in BSL-1 teaching laboratories.)

Klebsiella aerogenes