TABLE 4.
Trends of species-specific traits within a species
| Trait | No. (%) of strainsa
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H. influenzae nodes
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H. haemolyticus nodes
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| A1 (n = 72) | A2 and A3 (n = 16) | B to E (n = 14) | F (n = 95) | |
| H2S production | 4 (5.6) | 7 (43.8)c | 7 (50.0) | 68 (71.6) |
| Indole production | 63 (87.5) | 10 (62.5)c | 10 (71.4) | 58 (61.1) |
| licA | 72 (100) | 12 (75.0)c | 8 (57.1) | 38 (40.0) |
| lic2A | 71 (98.6) | 9 (56.3)c | 3 (21.4) | 14 (14.7) |
| P6 positive | 70 (97.2) | 15 (93.7) | 3 (21.4) | 10 (10.5) |
| lgtC | 72 (100) | 16 (100) | 0 (0)b | 2 (2.1) |
| Gas production | 4 (5.6) | 1 (6.3) | 12 (85.7) | 84 (88.4) |
| Urease activity | 59 (81.9) | 15 (93.8) | 6 (42.8) | 71 (74.7)c |
| ODC activity | 16 (22.2) | 8 (50.0)c | 1 (7.1) | 7 (7.4) |
a
The nodes and the number of strains in each node are relative to those in the dendrogram in Fig. 1.
b
Logit, 0.5 was used instead of 0 for statistical calculations.
c
Nodes possessing a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) for the trait on the basis of Student's t test.