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. 2007 Jul 25;45(9):2985–2992. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00630-07

TABLE 3.

Comparisons of DNA pyrosequencing-based identifications and results obtained by Sanger sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene

Organism per pyrosequencing Organism per Sanger sequencing % Agreement
Achromobacter spp. Achromobacter xylosoxidans 100
Burkholderia cepacia complex Burkholderia spp. 100
Burkholderia spp. Burkholderia spp. 100
Burkholderia spp. Burkholderia spp. 100
Campylobacter coli Campylobacter jejuni/ Campylobacter coli 100
Corynebacterium spp. Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum/ Corynebacterium propinquum 100
Curtobacterium spp. Curtobacterium spp. 100
Eggerthella lenta Eggerthella lenta 99
Kocuria kristinae Kocuria kristinae 97
Microbacterium spp. Microbacterium hominis 98
Microbacterium spp. Microbacterium oxydans/ Microbacterium maritypicum 99
Moraxella spp. Moraxella nonliquefaciens 99
Neisseria elongata Neisseria elongata 98
Neisseria weaveri Neisseria weaveri 99
Ochrobactrum tritici Ochrobactrum anthropi 100
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa 100
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas alcaliphila 100
Rhodococcus corynebacterioides Rhodococcus corynebacterioides 99
Rhodococcus equi Rhodococcus equi 99
Rothia mucilaginosa Rothia mucilaginosa 93
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi 100
Shewanella spp. Shewanella spp. 100
Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus 100
Staphylococcus spp. not aureus Staphylococcus sciuri 100
Streptococcus mitis group Streptococcus mitis/Streptococcus infantis 100
Streptococcus thermophilus Streptococcus salivarius/thermophilus 99