Control strain (Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs-- Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)--Part3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 6888-3:2003., Salmonella in Sewage Sludge (Biosolids) by Modified Semisolid Rappaport-Vassiliadis (MSRV) Medium. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1682, 2005, ).

Media testing (Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --- Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes --- Part 1: Detection method, Annex B [BS 5763-18:1997]. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS EN ISO 11290-1:1997., CLSI Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard - 3rd Edition. Wayne, PA:Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute;CLSI M22-A3., Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs--Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media-- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media.. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 11133-2: 2003.)

Quality control strain (API 20E. bioMerieux, VITEK UID-1 & UID-3. :bioMerieux, VITEK GNS MIC. :bioMerieux).

Susceptibility disc testing (Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems --- Susceptibility testing of infectious agents and evaluation of performance of antimicrobial susceptibility test devices --- Part 1: Reference method for testing the in vitro activity of antimicrobial agents against rapidly growing aerobic bacteria involved in infectious diseases. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS EN ISO 20776-1:2006., CLSI Methods for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria Isolated from Aquatic Animals. Wayne, PA:Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute;CLSI M42-A., Methods for Broth Dilution Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria Isolated from Aquatic Animals. Wayne, PA:Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute;CLSI M49-A. Boyle VJ, et al. Rapid, modified Kirby-Bauer susceptibility test with single, high-concentration antimicrobial disks. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 3: 418-424, 1973.). ID checked by 16S sequencing