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Numbers and percentages of isolates identified with lowered scores assigned for genus and species identifications using extraction and direct colony methods
| Score cutoff | No. (%) of isolates identified |
|
|---|---|---|
| Extraction | Direct colony | |
| Genus | ||
| ≥1.4 | 295 (99) | 226 (76) |
| ≥1.5 | 293 (98) | 214 (72) |
| ≥1.6 | 291 (98) | 191 (64) |
| ≥1.7 | 284 (95) | 168 (56) |
| Species | ||
| ≥1.7 | 276 (93) | 161 (54) |
| ≥1.8 | 248 (83) | 129 (43) |
| ≥1.9 | 224 (75) | 95 (32) |
| ≥2.0 | 207 (69) | 60 (20) |
