FIG 3.

H. haemolyticus-specific potential RT-PCR target genes. The presence (green) and absence (blue) of 3 H. haemolyticus-specific genes—hdg, purT, and sod—are shown for the H. haemolyticus (n = 10) and H. influenzae (n = 20) strains analyzed here. Strain names are as shown in Table 1. The percent identities of H. haemolyticus-specific genes to reference genes from strain M19107 are color coded as shown in the key. The sequences of hdg, purT, and sod of six H. haemolyticus strains (marked with asterisks) were determined by Sanger sequencing. Five H. haemolyticus strains were sequenced by WGS. The M19107 strain was characterized by both methods.