TABLE 3.
Comparison between Alsina's test and MLSA by the McNemar testa
| Category | Frequencyd |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alsina | MLSA | ||
| V. alginolyticus-V. diabolicus group | 26 | 33 | 0.0348 |
| V. anguillarum (-like) | 10 | 15 | 0.2752 |
| V. brasiliensis (-like) | 0 | 2 | 0.5000b |
| V. harveyi group | 9 | 30 | 0.0002c |
| V. chagasii | 0 | 12 | 0.0005c |
| V. fischeri | 3 | 0 | 0.2500b |
| V. fluvialis | 17 | 0 | 0.0000c |
| V. furnissii | 0 | 1 | 10.000b |
| V. logei | 4 | 0 | 0.1250b |
| V. marinus | 1 | 0 | 10.000b |
| V. mediterranei (-like)/V. shilonii | 14 | 14 | 10.000b |
| V. mimicus | 3 | 0 | 0.2500b |
| V. nereis | 4 | 0 | 0.1250b |
| V. orientalis | 0 | 3 | 0.2500b |
| V. parahaemolyticus (-like) | 33 | 23 | 0.0039 |
| V. pelagius | 4 | 0 | 0.1250b |
| V. splendidus (ll) | 9 | 5 | 0.2482 |
| V. vulnificus (B2) | 14 | 1 | 0.0003c |
| Vibrio spp. | 3 | 15 | 0.0047 |
a
Tests of overall marginal homogeneity: Bhapkar chi-square, 124.716 (degrees of freedom [df] = 18, P = 0.0000); Stuart-Maxwell chi-square, 68.910 (df = 18, P = 0.0000). Bowker symmetry test chi-square, 78.867 (df = 171, P = 1.0000).
b
A two-tailed exact test was applied.
c
P < Bonferroni-adjusted significance criterion of 0.003.
d
Numbers of strains identified by the indicated method.