You can differentiate between different salmonella strains using
serology. Each strain has its own combination of antigens.
Depending on the O, H, and vi antigens, you can determine which
strain is present. The O-antigen is the somatic polysaccharide
antigen, the H-antigen is the flagellar antigen and the vi-antigen
is the capsular antigen. Antibodies to most of the variants of
these antigens are available commercially for use in labs. Adding
an aliquot of specific antisera to a suspension of your salmonella
spp, and incubating it for a few hours in a water bath will result
in visible agglutination if your salmonella strain possesses the
specific antigen to the antibody you added. For example, Salmonella
typhi will show agglutination with O [9,12], H [d] and vi.