Table 1.

 Identification of the 17 blood culture isolates of non-perfringens clostridium by 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing

Isolate	Species identification by 16S rRNA gene sequencing	GB AC of closest match	% Nucleotide identity*
1	C barati	X68174	99.8
2	C difficile	AF072474	99.9
3	C disporicum	Y18176	99.0
4	C indolis	AF028351	97.9
5	C innocuum	AF028352	99.9
6	C orbiscindens	Y18187	100
7	C paraputrificum	AB032556	99.4
8	C paraputrificum	AB032556	100
9	C paraputrificum	AB032556	100
10	C paraputrificum	AB032556	99.8
11	C ramosum	M23731	99.8
12	C ramosum	M23731	99.9
13	C ramosum	M23731	99.8
14	C septicum	U59278	99.9
15	C sporosphaeroides	M59116	98.5
16	C tertium	AF227826	99.9
17	C tertium	Y18174	100

AC, accession number; GB, GenBank.

*% Nucleotide identity of 16S rRNA gene sequence to the closest match in GB.