TABLE 3.

Time of completed identifications using the NGNC

Species or group	No. of strains tested	% of strains identified at:
		<3 h	<4 h	<5 h	<6 h	<7 h	<8 h	<9 h	<10 h	10 h
Acinetobacter baumannii	23			9	9	100	100	100	100	100
Acinetobacter haemolyticus	5				40	40	100	100	100	100
Acinetobacter lwoffii	12						17	33	100	100
Aeromonas hydrophila	7			57	86	86	86	86	100	100
Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis	2						100	100	100	100
Chryseobacterium indologenes	3			33	33	100	100	100	100	100
Citrobacter amalonaticus	6			67	83	100	100	100	100	100
Citrobacter braakii	10		10	70	80	90	90	90	100	100
Citrobacter farmeri	2		50	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Citrobacter freundii	22		27	77	77	91	91	91	100	100
Citrobacter koseri	18		83	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Enterobacter aerogenes	9		22	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Enterobacter amnigenus	1			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Enterobacter asburiae	7			86	100	100	100	100	100	100
Enterobacter cancerogenus	1			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Enterobacter cloacae	45			80	89	96	96	96	98	100
Enterobacter intermedius	7			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Enterobacter sakazakii	5		60	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Escherichia coli	58	38	50	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Escherichia hermannii	10			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Escherichia vulneris	3			67	67	67	100	100	100	100
Hafnia alvei	10				20	90	90	90	100	100
Klebsiella oxytoca	26		12	69	85	85	85	85	96	100
Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae	36			69	81	83	92	97	100	100
Leclercia adecarboxylata	13			62	85	85	100	100	100	100
Morganella morganii subsp. morganii	14				100	100	100	100	100	100
Morganella morganii subsp. sibonii	4			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Myroides spp.	1						100	100	100	100
Proteus mirabilis	54	22	70	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Proteus vulgaris group	19	42	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Proteus penneri	2		50	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Providencia alcalifaciens	4			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Providencia rettgeri	18			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Providencia rustigianii	7				100	100	100	100	100	100
Providencia stuartii	6		33	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	40			10	25	88	92	100	100	100
Pseudomonas fluorescens	20				75	85	90	90	100	100
Pseudomonas putida	12					67	88	100	100	100
Pseudomonas stutzeri	2			50	100	100	100	100	100	100
Pseudomonas oryzihabitans	1				100	100	100	100	100	100
Rahnella aquatilis	9			11	11	67	78	78	100	100
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis	9		11	44	100	100	100	100	100	100
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi	1						100	100	100	100
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium	4			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Salmonella spp.	6		17	50	100	100	100	100	100	100
Serratia fonticola	9	44	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Serratia liquefaciens	9		11	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Serratia marcescens	18		33	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Serratia odorifera	2	50	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Serratia plymuthica	1					100	100	100	100	100
Shigella spp.	2					50	100	100	100	100
Shigella sonnei	7			100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	23		4	65	78	100	100	100	100	100
Yersinia enterocolitica	10		10	90	90	100	100	100	100	100
Total	655	7.2	21.4	66.3	78.3	91.6	95.0	96.3	99.7	100.0
Fermenters	511	9.2	27.2	80.4	90.4	95.1	96.9	97.3	99.6	100.0
Nonfermenters	144	0.0	0.7	16.0	35.4	79.2	88.2	93.1	100.0	100.0