Table 2.

Isolates, from patients with biofilm-associated disease, that were used for analytical assay validation^a

Group and species	No. of isolates (total n = 354)
Staphylococcus spp.	201
S. aureus	85
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp.	116
S. epidermidis	80
S. lugdunensis	16
S. warneri	8
S. capitis	3
S. caprae	3
S. simulans	3
Otherb	3
Propionibacterium spp.	41
P. acnes	29
P. avidum	10
P. granulosum	2
Enterobacteriaceae	28
Escherichia coli	5
Enterobacter cloacae	4
Proteus mirabilis	3
Klebsiella pneumoniae	3
Klebsiella oxytoca	2
Otherc	11
Streptococcus spp.	15
S. agalactiae	3
S. dysgalactiae	3
S. pyogenes	2
S. pneumoniae	2
S. salivarius	2
Otherd	3
Bacteroides fragilis group	13
B. fragilis	8
B. thetaiotaomicron	2
Othere	3
Gram-positive anaerobic cocci	12
Finegoldia magna	8
Otherf	4
Actinomyces spp.g	11
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	10
Enterococcus faecalis	9
Corynebacterium spp.h	5
Granulicatella adiacens	3
Abiotrophia defectiva	2
Otheri	4

^aCategories shown in boldface were targeted with specific assays.

^bIncludes one S. haemolyticus, one S. hominis, and one S. saprophyticus isolate.

^cIncludes one Citrobacter freundii, one C. koseri, one E. aerogenes, one Morganella morganii, one Pantoea agglomerans, one P. vulgaris, one Providencia rettgeri, one Salmonella sp., one Serratia liquifaciens, one S. marcescens, and one Shigella flexneri isolate.

^dIncludes one S. anginosus, one S. mitis, and one S. mutans isolate.

^eIncludes one B. caccae, one B. distasonis, and one B. ovatus isolate.

^fIncludes one Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, one P. harei, one Parvimonas micra, and one Anaerococcus prevotii isolate.

^gIncludes three A. neuii, three A. odonolyticus, two A. naeslundii, one A. meyeri, one A. viscosus, and one A. radingae isolate.

^hIncludes one C. amycolatum, one C. simulans, one C. propinquum, one Corynebacterium sp. group F1, and one C. afermentans.

ⁱIncludes one Candida parapsilosis, one Dermabacter hominis, one P. fluorescens, and one S. saccharolyticus isolate.