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Table 2 Discrepant results between bacterial isolate identification by phenotype and isolate identification by genotype

From: Clinical identification of bacteria in human chronic wound infections: culturing vs. 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing

Phenotypic Identification

Genetic Identification

Enterobacter cloacae

Escherichia coli

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Salmonella enterica

Staphylococcus spp.

Enterococcus faecalis

Coagulase Negative Staphylococci

Enterococcus faecalis

Aeromonas hydrophila

Aeromonas punctata

Citrobacter freundii

Citrobacter murliniae

Enterococcus raffinosus

Enterococcus avium

Enterococcus raffinosus

Enterococcus avium

Staphylococcus intermedius

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

  1. Of the 46 cultured bacterial isolates that were cross-checked using DNA testing to verify identification, discrepancies in the identification of the isolate were present 9 times. The 9 discrepant isolates are listed above. The biochemically-determined taxonomic classification determined by culture phenotype is in the left column, and the molecularly-determined species classification by DNA 16S analysis is in the right column.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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