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. 2016 Feb 16;2016:4292417. doi: 10.1155/2016/4292417

Table 3.

Bacteria that were not similarly identified to species level by VITEK and PCR and their sources.

Number of strains VITEK PCR Source
20 Enterococcus faecium or E. gallinarum Enterococcus mundtii Cabbage (Oman)
21 Enterococcus cecorum or Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides Enterococcus sulfureus Cabbage (Oman)
27 Enterococcus cecorum or Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides Enterococcus sulfureus Lettuce (Jordan)
31 Enterococcus faecium or E. gallinarum Enterococcus mundtii Lettuce (Iran)
33 Enterococcus faecium or E. gallinarum Enterococcus mundtii Radish (Oman)
36 Enterococcus faecium or E. gallinarum Enterococcus mundtii Radish (China)
45 Enterococcus raffinosus Enterococcus gilvus Tomato (Syria)
58 Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae Klebsiella oxytoca Carrot (Oman)
65 Pantoea spp. or Aeromonas sobria Pantoea agglomerans Capsicum (Oman)
66 Pantoea spp. Pantoea agglomerans Capsicum (Oman)
67 Pantoea spp. Erwinia aphidicola Capsicum (Jordan)
69 Pantoea spp. Erwinia aphidicola Capsicum (Jordan)
72 Ewingella americana or Pantoea spp. Pantoea dispersa Cucumber (Oman)
73 Pantoea spp. Pantoea dispersa Cucumber (Oman)
74 Pantoea spp. Pantoea dispersa Cucumber (Oman)
76 Pantoea spp. Erwinia aphidicola Cucumber (UAE)
77 Pantoea spp. Erwinia rhapontici Cucumber (UAE)
80 Leclercia adecarboxylata Enterobacter cancerogenus Lettuce (Oman)
83 Pantoea spp. Enterobacter cloacae Lettuce (Iran)
85 Pantoea spp. Pectobacterium carotovorum Radish (Oman)
87 Pantoea spp. Enterobacter cloacae Radish (Oman)
91 Serratia ficaria Pantoea dispersa Banana (Oman)
92 Pantoea spp. Pantoea cypripedii Banana (Oman)
98 Enterobacter cloacae complex∗∗ Enterobacter oryzae Dates (Saudi Arabia)
99 Pantoea spp. Pantoea agglomerans Dates (Saudi Arabia)
100 Pantoea spp. Pseudocitrobacter faecalis Mango (Oman)
103 Pantoea spp. Pantoea dispersa Mango (India)
104 Pantoea spp. Pantoea dispersa Mango (Pakistan)
108 Pantoea spp. Pantoea eucrina Papaya (Thailand)
109 Pantoea spp. Pantoea dispersa Papaya (Thailand)
112 Pantoea spp. Escherichia hermannii Papaya (Philippines)
113 Pantoea spp. Enterobacter cloacae Papaya (Philippines)
118 Pantoea spp. Pantoea vagans Tomato (Syria)

Low discrimination organisms (same biopattern was produced by the tested strains). ∗∗Slash line: biopattern is the same for these organisms: Enterobacter kobei, E. hormaechei, E. cloacae ssp. cloacae, E. cloacae ssp. dissolvens, or E. ludwigii.