TABLE 4.

Isolates identified to species level by conventional methods and to genus level or unidentified by SmartGene

Conventional identification	SmartGene reference	% Identity scorea
Brevibacterium otitidis	Brevibacterium paucivorans	97.8
Comamonas testosteroni	Acidovorax delafieldii	98.8
Corynebacterium jeikeium	Cornynebacterium jeikeium	98.8
Corynebacterium variabile	Corynebacterium variabile	98.3
Enterobacter cloacae	Enterobacter sp.b	99.0
Enterobacter cloacae	Enterobacter sp. or Pantoea sp.b	99.4
Enterococcus gallinarum	Enterococcus gallinarum	98.6
Escherichia coli	Citrobacter braakii	96.4
Haemophilus aphrophilus	Haemophilus aphrophilus	98.8
Ralstonia paucula	Ralstonia paucula	98.7
Rothia dentocariosa	Rothia dentocariosa	98.6
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	98.0
Weeksella virosa	Naxibacter alkalitolerans	96.7

^aCriterion for species identification is ≥99% identity.

^bSmartGene references at >99% identity contained a genus-level identification only.