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. 2006 Feb;72(2):994–1000. doi: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.994-1000.2006

TABLE 2.

External validation of the identification potential of univariate FTIR, ANN, and API using 277 Listeria strains not included in the reference data set

Species No. of strains tested Univariate FTIR analysis
ANN identification
API Listeria
Correct identification % (no.) Misidentificationa % (no.) No identificationb % (no.) Correct identification % (no.) Misidentificationc % (no.) No identificationd % (no.) Correct identification % (no.) Misidentificatione % (no.) No identificationf % (no.)
L. innocua 60 91.7 (55) 8.3 (5) 93.3 (56) 6.7 (4) 90.0 (54) 8.3 (5) 1.7 (1)
L. ivanovii 28 71.4 (20) 28.6 (8) 96.4 (27) 3.6 (1) 89.3 (25) 3.6 (1) 7.1 (2)
L. monocytogenes 130 93.0 (121) 7.0 (9) 99.2 (129) 0.8 (1) 93.1 (121) 6.9 (7) 1.5 (2)
L. seeligeri 48 64.6 (31) 35.4 (17) 93.8 (45) 6.2 (3) 75.0 (36) 2.1 (1) 22.9 (11)
L. welshimeri 11 81.8 (9) 18.2 (2) 81.8 (9) 18.2 (2) 72.7 (8) 27.3 (3)
Total 277 85.2 (236) 14.8 (41) 96.0 (266) 4.0 (11) 88.0 (244) 5.1 (14) 6.9 (19)
a

Strains yielding an SD value below or equal to the threshold value of 0.5 used for correct identification of Listeria species, but their identification corresponded to an incorrect species.

b

Strains yielding an SD value higher than the threshold value of 0.5 used for correct identification of Listeria species.

c

Strains yielding identification results corresponding to an incorrect species.

d

Strains not yielding identification results.

e

Strains yielding identification results corresponding to an incorrect species.

f

Strains yielding no or multiple results.